Hector and Achilles: protagonist and antagonist “The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago‚ but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.” -Kahlil Gibran Greek literature and mythology present two epic warriors in the Iliad: Hector and Achilles. The modern Greeks favored both heroes during their ancient time period. In Greek‚ Héktōr literally means “to hold” or “to have‚” which symbolizes his character as
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George Honey Mrs. Moore English Literature 3 April 2011 Most Honorable Character: Hector or Achilles? Honor: honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one ’s beliefs and actions; this is the definition by which these two characters‚ Hector and Achilles‚ ought to be judged. By taking this definition to heart‚ Achilles is far from honorable. Throughout the Iliad‚ Achilles acts on rage and revenge. “Rage-Goddess‚ sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles‚ murderous‚ doomed‚ that cost the Achaens countless
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What are the ideal characteristics of a Greek warrior in The Iliad? Compare and contrast the characters of Hector and Achilles. How are they alike and different? Do you favor one more than the other? Why? As an ideal‚ the Greek warrior combined superhuman and human qualities. The ideal characteristics included such factors as bravery‚ honor‚ and glory. The aim of every hero is to achieve kleos‚ the “glory” or “renown” that one wins in the eyes of others by performing great deeds. Honor is
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Homer’s epic The Iliad‚ is a great tale of war and glory. It takes place during the last year of the ten year Greek-Trojan war. The Greeks have been fighting with the Trojans for quite some time‚ and just when peace seemed like a possibility‚ the youngest prince of Troy‚ Paris‚ acts out selfishly and steals the beautiful wife of Menelaus‚ Helen. This instigates the fighting again. Throughout The Iliad‚ Homer tells of two heroes‚ both similar‚ but also very different in their character; the great
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David Malouf explores the emotional and physical struggle a hero must face before attaining glory. Evaluate this statement. In your response discuss how two characters are represented as heroic through their quest. Heroism is a valued concept that has transcended through time and has been the subject of a great deal of literature. David Malouf’s appropriation of Homers epic The Iliad explores this notion of heroism through the characterization of King Priam‚ directly battling the contextual
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The Women of Lockerbie Sara Smith University of Chicago The Women of Lockerbie was written by Deborah Brevoort. The play starred Brittany Reed as Olive Allison‚ Mark Vukelich as Bill Livingston‚ Elizabeth Brooks as Woman 1‚ Brookelyn Walters as Woman 2‚ Jodie Maier as Madeline Livingston‚ Austin Meyer as George Jones and Jill Mac as Hattie. On December 21‚ 1988‚ above Lockerbie‚ Scotland‚ a Pan AM flight enroute from London to New York was blown up by a terrorist’s bomb. The 259 people
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Based on the text‚ I find it undeniable that Achilles’ treatment of Hector’s body was despicable. But the argument can be furthered with the question of Achilles’ role in the story. Was Achilles a knight at all? Or was he simply a killer with an army? If Achilles can only be considered a knight technically‚ then can his actions really be measured by something he isn’t truly? If it is assumed Achilles was a "knight" the argument will go one way. But if Achilles is viewed as a killer‚ all assumptions
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Antonio Tempesta’s painting Hecuba a Graecis‚ Hamlet by Shakespeare‚ and Ovid’s Hecuba can have many different meanings to it. Everyone has a different interpretation of the Hecuba a Graecis. Interpreting art and poems can make you see the world in a way that you have never seen before. Tearing up and breaking down what artists and writers had to say is the best way to understand. Painters express their emotion through their paintings and writers express them through their writings. If we can figure
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On Euripides and War: An Historical Analysis of Hecuba‚ Trojan Women‚ and Iphegenia at Aulis History is written. It did not happen. What did happen can only be described and recorded. Of the records that exist today society judges which are "fact‚" which are and which are "fictional." One striking feature that all records share is a preoccupation with war. This is not surprising‚ however‚ since a convolution of all records during a specific time span will show that somewhere war was being waged
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Niccole Man Will Not Stop Me: Revenge At Last! Hecuba by Euripides shows Trojan Queen‚ Hecuba‚ struggling to come to terms with those decisions of Polymestor‚ the King of Thrace. Through the raw emotions of anger‚ grief and frustration‚ she decides to revenge in her child’s murder. However‚ Hecuba must go against the social boundaries that are set for women. She creates her own “laws” by telling Agamemnon that she will seek revenge on Polymestor and actually going through with it. Yet at the
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