Hector

the warriors Achilles and Hector. Throughout the poem the similarities and the differences became evident between the main characters, Achilles and Hector. Although Achilles and Hector are considered two different types of heroes, they had their similarities as much as they had their differences. Both Achilles and Hector were the greatest warriors of their armies, and both are very stubborn when it comes to their honor. The differences between the two of them is that Hector is a family man, while Achilles

comes at a point where the Trojans are heavily losing to the Achaeans. Hélenus, son of Priam has instructed Hector to return to the city to gather the elders to tell them to offer prayers to the gods so that goddess Athena may pity Troy. It is interesting that Homer should choose Hector to deliver this message rather than an unimportant character; Homer uses it as a devise to develop Hector and make him a more (if not the most) sympathetic character. He shows his contrasting sides; his family oriented

war, and women. Today we are going to be reviewing book 24 of The Iliad and the final review of the three heroes Hector, Priam and Hector and how each one is vital to completing the definition of an epic hero. Hector a man of loyal followers, and of noble character. Hector enters the scene of The Iliad in book 6 as the older half-brother of Paris and is much wiser, noble fighter. Hectors wife, Andromache “came running up

In Homer’s The Iliad, Hector and Achilles are both amazing heroes who receive a great amount of respect from their people. Achilles is in charge of the Greek army, while Hector leads the Trojan army. Both are strong and fearless soldiers who are almost god-like, but with plenty of human flaws. They both have failures that eventually lead to tragedy. Moreover, both are ruled by fate through the mercy of the gods (Book 22; 331). These two great warriors share many outstanding differences that ultimately

Hector the King of Troy and Malala have many heroic qualities - such as compassion, dedication, and courage - in common, but they also a multitude of differences including gutlessness, then on the opposite side of the spectrum, bravery. Hector, in book six of The Iliad, in one stanza he shows his compassion to his frightened young son by “quickly lifting the helmet from his head, set[ting] it down on the ground … raising his son he kissed him” (Kinsella 340). Hector shows this compassion to his fearful

Hector is the hero of the Iliad because he is the most loyal to his people. Enraged by the cowardly actions of his brother Paris, Hector attempts to bring Paris into the war: “…it is for you that this war has flared up about our city.” Hector could have given up on the war and go home to his wife, but he is loyal to his people and he is not one to be a coward like his brother. Although the great Trojan loves his family dearly, he must “… fight always among the Trojans” and his family knows how committed

The death of Hector was inevitable. After Agamemnon insulting Achilles by having his men take Achilles' prize award (King Priam's daughter), Achilles contemplated if he should take revenge on the topic but sat on the shore line instead to think it over. While Achilles is deciding whether to destroy Agamemnon and his people the Trojans attack the Greeks and kill a lot of Achilles' men. This was a time I thought to myself that there was no way Achilles was going to sit back and do nothing about the

Consider the alternative dramatic functions of the role of Hector in The History Boys and his contribution to the comic impact of the play, with close reference to a key scene. Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys, is set in the 1980s and centres on his own sixth form experience. The protagonist (or arguably, antagonist) Hector, is first presented as ‘A figure in motorcycle leathers’, giving the brief impression that he is a fashionable character. However, once he takes off his jacket revealing that

Hector was considered the greatest warrior of Troy, but he did not approve of the war that had started between the Greeks and the Trojans. During the Trojan War, he was the leader of the Trojan army. Ever body seems to like Hector for being kind towards his people and fighting for what's right unlike Achilles. Hector always puts his family first before anything even when he disagreed with his wife Andromache when she told him not to go to war. It was said to be that however touched the Trojan sand

courageousness, more specifically I wanted to thoroughly examine two very different characters to see how they contrast one another. Both Achilles, King of Myrmidons, and Hector, Prince of Troy, struck me as the most strongly divergent characters. Arguably, I perceived Hector as more daring than Achilles, not only am I arguing that Hector showed more heroism but overall he is a