Category: Achilles

ILiad isnt something that can give out an amount of things in some facts and some places that a person are able to protagonists by its own behaviors and values. Achilles is someone who values the behaviors and values loyalty, plus honor. It can be able to be motivated with some situations throughout life in…

Achilleus the lion-hearted who breaks men in battle(192). As the strongest and most important character in the poem, Achilles return to the Trojan war towards the last books of Homers Iliad symbolizes the reappearance of his heroic greatness. Book 21 ends with Apollo distracting Achilles from killing more Trojans, while book 22 begins with Achilles…

The Iliad is famous for its stories of great heroes who clash against each other, sometimes victorious and other times doomed to failure. One thing these heroes all have in common is their gender. Homers works are filled with stories of great men doing great things, often at the expense of women and animals. Since…

The Iliad isn’t a piece that gives a simple record of memorable actualities and occasions yet one where people are the heroes by temperance of their practices, qualities, thought processes and choices which influence the stream of the story. Achilles is one of these people that assume an essential job in the plot of Iliad;…

Beowulf and Iliad are two popular literary works written in Old English and Ancient Greek. Both poems illustrates the fights between main characters and the stronger one is the winner. While Beowulf in Beowulf won against Grendel – a disgusting cold-blooded monster- to protect Danes and show his respect to his cousin, the king. Achilles…

The passage in book eighteen of the Iliad takes readers to a scene of the Trojan War, fought between the Achaeans, led by Achilles, and Trojans, led by Hector. At a particular point during the war, Achilles chose to stop fighting, which took a negative toll on the Achaean army. Achilles did not choose to…

The Iliad is a testament to the Greek ideals of war and glory, as it fantasizes the glorious triumphs of Achilles and the Trojans. Famous for his rage made apparent in the opening of the poem, Achilles is the greatest warrior in all of Greece, and his competence and skill are a main driver of…

When beset with grief during times of great crisis, a leader must adopt change or risk becoming powerless to the changing world. In the novel Ransom, David Malouf expresses the many facets of leaders who are faced with tragic loss, demonstrating how grief may overcome them, and ultimately disempower them. Similarly, Stephen Frears likewise presents…