This arrogance leads him to becoming slightly obsessed with retaining his pride and not letting anyone slight his bravado. To uphold his name and pride, he mauls his opponents without remorse, heroically takes on the river Xanthus, and even sacrifices twelve Trojan men at Patrocius’ funeral (Cook, 57). Though finally in the final chapter, Achilles shows his remorseful side when he’s reminded of his father when Priam asks for Hector’s defiled body back (Cook, 48). Achilles encompasses many traits immanent in the culture of his time period, mostly of honor and glory for his name, but he also relinquishes those traits with a forgiving side of remorse and grief, even though it usually ends in intense anguish. On the contrary, Hamlet embraces several of these characteristics in the form of a very different character.
King Priam watches as his sons body gets dragged behind Achilles Chariot in the Greek camp. Achilles refuses to give up Hectors body to Priam because he is saddened due to the death of his friend Patroclus. Achilles and Priam are both free, not only of their kingly roles but Achilles is free from the rage and grief he feels following Patroclus' Death and Priam is liberated from the restrictions placed upon him as king when he goes to retrieve his sons body. Achilles is Liberated from the rage and grief he feels following Patroclus' his "adoptive brother"'s Death. The shocking grief Achilles is put through when Patroclus' dies, sends Achilles into a hopeless fury.
A hero is someone who will risk his life to protect others. A hero is brave, courageous and strong. Yet a hero also has weaknesses. Odysseus is a hero that has to leave his family to fight in the Trojan War, he has a clever idea and with the help of a god, the war ended. However, he insults Poseidon because he didn’t say thanks to him.
Achilles also stated “if destiny like his awaits me, I shall rest when I have fallen” meaning he doesn’t care about whatever happens to him in the battle with Hector, but just as long as he shows his participation and grief. When Hector and Achilles faced each other he had great determination into killing his foe in spite of his best friend, twirling his shaft twice at Hector killing him. Achilles seems to be sensitive once Priam brings up his father, then his mood changes and sadness fills the room. Overall, Achilles seems to have much love between his companions. 2.
Madison Stoltzfus 4/25/12 Pd. 7 Death of Hector Essay The episode of Homer’s “The Iliad” looks at the death of Hector and how he was portrayed throughout the time before his death. While watching the movie, it is apparent that Hector is both a coward, and is also very heroic. Hector overcomes his fears and stands up to Achilles, although it may have not been the best idea for him to do so. He shows his cowardly ways when he runs away from Achilles.
Thetis gives Achilles a warning that if he goes back to the battle instead of going home he will die under Troy’s walls. Achilles had to make a decision. One choice is he can change his attitude and start respecting life, that means he would go home. Achilles other choice is to ignore his mom and fight anyway. If he keeps fighting he would die and be famous and almost and be known as a great warrior.
Later on Hector killed his close friend Patroclus, and Achilles seeks revenge on Hector. Hector is also viewed as more of the honorable one. Hector knows his role as the defender of Troy. Although of his devotion and love to his family, he could not abide by his wife’s wish for him to stay and not go to war. When Hector faced up to Achilles with his last dying breath, he wanted an honorable burial from his people.
Achilles loss of his brother affects his sanity and enrages him to an inhumane vengeance on Hectors body. Achilles struggles to get a grasp on the loss of his broth Patroclus and takes all his anger out on Hectors body after killing him. Achilles convinced himself that his anger would stop after he had killed Patroclus’ killer, Hector. It just continued to enrage him further, as after every time he mutilated Hectors body it receded to a peaceful untouched state. The reader is able to understand the depth of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship and the strong connection that they shared, which went deeper than just adoptive brothers and cousins they were soul mates.
Out of all the heroes, Hektor seem the most human, he admits his cowardice “I fled three times...”. Even though he feared Achilles, he stood with courage to protect his city and loved ones out of honor and love. Hektor believes in the gods and tries to give respect to his enemy Achilles “I will give your corpse back to the Achaeans”. He kept fighting even though he knew when the gods abandoned, him that he was doomed to die to this day. Beowulf, the Geatish warrior is slayer off the monstrous beast Grendel.
In ancient Greece, a hero was described as a person who would fight hard and die hard. Many people would describe Odysseus as a selfish and cocky person who didn’t really care about his crew and what they have gone through to help him. Though in my opinion, Odysseus and his men are all heroes because they all are fighting their hardest. Odysseus starts out with his act of heroism when he is fighting on troy with all of his men. Odysseus had a plan to get in and get out.