history essays. They are confused about how to start the class and what to do during the class shared by Hector and Irwin. Caught in the current education system‚ their say is limited (They’re steered to adopt an exam-oriented approach; they can’t be true to themselves at interviews; as elite students‚ the options for their future path is indeed more narrow than broad – everybody (except Hector) expects them to go to Oxbridge) Well-aware of how adults play their game in school‚ sexual scandal
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anger that will make him return to the fight and to kill Hector and crush the Trojans spirit. Achilles is angry then because his best friend Patroclus‚ who everyone thought was Achilles because he was wearing Achilles’ armor‚ was killed by Hector and Hector also took his armor off the body of the dead Patroclus while Achilles watched. The death of his best friend causes Achilles to go on a murderous rampage that culminates in the death of Hector after the two heroes confront each other outside the walls
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3: Paris‚ Helen‚ Aphrodite Main Characters: Paris‚ Menelaus‚ Hector‚ Aphrodite‚ Helen‚ Priam Themes: Women The heroic code Intervention of Gods Plot: The two armies advance towards each other‚ and Paris bravely offers a duel to anyone who will accept. Menelaos steps forwards and joyously accepts the challenge. Paris realises what he has done and shrinks back into the crowd‚ where he gets a rousing speech from his brother‚ Hector‚ about how cowardly he is. So Paris agrees to fight and the duel
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community and will to fight. Book 3 Paris’s non-courageous personality really gets to shine in this Book. When confronted with a one on one duel instead‚ Paris meekly refuses after realizing his opponent would be Menelaus himself. Later convinced by Hector‚ Paris prepares to fight Menelaus. However‚ the gods once again meddle in the affairs of humans and end up escalating things instead of making them better. Aphrodite saves Paris from his duel with Menelaus (which could have prevented the entire war)
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create fantastic powers. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: HECTOR (50) a malevolent dictator on the Planet Drosnin‚ wants to take over the planet with magical plants that grow deep in the green jungle. He runs factories that pollute the planet. He enslaves children and Indigenous Warriors and forces them to work at the factories. It’s up to werewolf JACOB (50) to save the planet. Jacob‚ the former General of the Indigenous Warriors‚ struggles with failing to save them from Hector. He feels like a failure and a loser
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Criss Cross Certain key words can tell a lot about someone or something‚ especially if it is a book. The words criss cross describe the story of Debbie‚ a girl that hopes something interesting happens to her very soon‚ and Hector‚ a guitarist that already things were changing. Criss cross plays a big part metaphorically in all of Debbie and Hector’s theories‚ lives‚ and connections‚ symbolizing their relationship with other people. A girl with big dreams‚ Debbie believes that there isn’t just one
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(fire). The passions of the gods are stimulated and magnified by the emotions of human beings‚ producing an interactive intensification of violence that can only be ultimately controlled by the plan of Zeus‚ requiring the deaths of Patroclus and Hector. These deaths‚ carefully orchestrated by Zeus‚ serve to reestablish boundaries and distance between humans and the gods: their relationships are normalized; the barriers are restored; and the contacts between humans and the gods are once again carefully
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action of a good parent is sacrificing their time and effort to help their child. In the Iliad‚ Homer uses characterization to emphasize that good parents would put an effort to help their child in whatever way. The main character in this book‚ Hector‚ is the famous warrior who protected the great city known as
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Kenneth Ballard CLA 202: Classical Epic: Gods and Heroes Paper #1 The heroic code in the Iliad is expressed by many characters throughout the book‚ whether it be through their actions‚ intentions‚ or teachings. The heroic code stems from the belief that honor is‚ above all‚ the most important virtue in life and all men must honor themselves‚ their families‚ and their fellow comrades through specific character traits and actions. This concept is the primary goal in a Homeric hero’s life
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unconventional‚ which suggests that the play is not comic. On the other hand‚ the final resolution of this piece of theatre may be seen as tranquil as all the boys get accepted into Oxford University and some of them seem to have achieved success‚ and Hectors death leads to the end of sexual harassment for the boys‚ which supports the notion that The History Boys is a comic piece of theatre. This is exemplified through Nicholas Nytner’s 2006 film representation of the play where it ends with a nostalgic
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