Ajax Heroes

In The Iliad one sees the character of Patroclus take upon a significant role as the poem progresses. Patroclus, the cousin and best friend of Achilles significance does not come from what he does or doesn’t accomplish on the battlefield, but comes from his significance to the Great fighter Achilles. Patroclus’s primary role and function in this poem up until his death is the partial fulfillment of Achilles fate and the reason Achilles decides to return to battle. Earlier within The Iliad Thetis

Can we use four different words to analysis the Iliad? Of course we can! But what are the four words? These four words are glory, honor, pathos and rugged individualism. Before we can do anything we must first define these words. So lets start with glory, glory means very great praise or honor. Honor means high respect. Pathos means a quality that bring pity, sorrow or sadness. Rugged individualism is the belief of all individuals can succeed on their own. The aim of essay is to let us understand

The Ancient Greeks admired their heroes and tried to learn from both their achievements and their mistakes. They believed that most great leaders and warriors followed a predictable behavior cycle, which often ended tragically. In Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, Achilles is a great warrior who traces the stages of the behavior cycle twice, from arete to hubris to ate and then to nemesis. Achilles is a highly skilled warrior and a great leader who becomes a narcissist and an arrogant person, which leads

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad are two extremely different stories, The Iliad being a tale of war (specifically the Trojan War) while the Epic of Gilgamesh is a true Epic in the sense that it is a journey, all about the development of the characters. While there are many different themes throughout both books, one of the most important themes is the way that friendship develops both of the people involved and the way that it ties into the story overall. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Gilgamesh

the body of his brother-in-arms that Hector and his minions mercilessly mutilated but to no avail. That left Achilles with one choice: to duel Hector for rights to the body. Homer portrays the climax of the war and the poem as the duel of the two heroes and the death of Hector, leaving the rest of the poem to slowly die down and settle. The skirmish is actually a one-shot glimpse of the Trojan War: two forces batting for one person, everything hanging in the balance. Throughout the poem, watching

gods’ intervention in their worlds. They often possess great strength or other noble abilities. In Gilgamesh we see Enkidu and Gilgamesh blessed with incredible strength so much so that it gets them into trouble. In The Iliad, there are many different heroes each with their own roles and abilities. Some are warriors, others are cunning in nature, and some possess the brute strength that spreads fear in the enemy. In each society, the role of the hero is to inspire those around them and conquer lands or

Evaluating Arguments in Film Although films are a relatively new form of art, they have shaped the modern world more than any other. It is true that visual art is equally compelling, but films appear as persuasive and capture the viewer’s emotions and interests. This effectiveness is on account of a movie’s magic, which is simply the cinematography techniques that filmmakers apply. These techniques are esoteric, and so hidden from the eyes of an ordinary viewer. Only trained eyes can detect the filmmakers’

Nietzsche interprets Iliad as a demonstration of a single nature of “power” among the Greeks that leads to the brutal war. Simone Weil disagrees with Nietzsche and believes Iliad to be a representation of two forces, “might” and courtesy, which she calls “gravity” and “grace” (Simone Weil Handout, passage # 2, pg 2). Nietzsche considers only one perspective of the Iliad, the cruelty of “power,” in contrast, Weil examines both the good and the brutality shown in Homer’s epic. Weil thinks of Homer’s

It is necessary to find the similarities that exist between the two men who are being compared, (i.e. Odysseus and Achilles) of which there are mainly three. The first one being that they are both Greek men, the second one being that they are both heroes, and the third one being that they are both leaders. Odysseus is the better man because he better fits the role of an Ancient Greek man, he better fits the role of a hero, and he better fits the role of a leader. In Ancient Greece, the concept of

For a play titled Ajax, the exposition serves as a curious contrast to the rest of the story. By introducing the tragedy in media res with Athena and Odysseus, Sophocles skips past the fuss of the armor debacle and instead delves straight into the aftermath of the event. Athena, who knows of Ajax’s deadly intentions, chooses to redirect his violence towards the innocent livestock. Seeing that this act was Ajax’s definitive moment, not including it in the play raises the question, what role does Athena