Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Iliad by Homer both display an epic hero Oedipus and Achilles both of noble birth characterized by a historical or legendary importance and with pride as their downfall Their personal qualities determine which more closely fulfills the portrait of an epic hero Achilles is selfish while Oedipus sacrifices himself for his nation Therefore Oedipus characteristics are more representative of an epic heroe An epic hero is usually a male of noble birth Achilles is born
Nature is an undeniable force that is uncertain and unjust This is shown in the poem Home Burial by Robert Frost with the lines Three foggy mornings and one rainy day Will rot the best birch fence a man can build 96 97 Frost is telling the reader that nature will destroy the greatest things man can create even something as great as life In The Iliad by Homer Achilles knows that if he fights he will die in battle Despite his given prophecy he decides to go Why Achilles search for immortality is
Rage The founding stone of The Iliad Rage is the emotion around which the story of Iliad revolves The story goes ahead because of rage to certain extent Honor was of utmost importance to the Greek people No man would give up his honor at any cost No gifts and prizes could be enough to compensate for lost honor and pride When a man who looses his honor or feels that he is disrespected he is filled full of rage And this is exactly what happened with the God like Achilles when Agamemnon dishonored
Does Achilles emerge as a sympathetic character Why or why not Achilles is a Greek warrior who fights in the Trojan War He is respected and revered as a hero among all of the Greek people and he is the most important character in the Iliad Achilles is an unbelievable warrior who doesnt get the thanks he deserves He also got his war prize taken away from him and still basically wins the war for the Greeks Finally Achilles has characteristics and traits that people can connect with and understand
Achilles anger started with his fight with Agamemnon Apollo put a plague on the Achaean soldiers that was killing them The only way to seize the plague from killing them all was to return the priests daughter who was captured The girl belonged to Agamemnon and he didnt want to return her unless he got the girl that Achilles had in return This would disgrace Achilles honor but he could not let any more of his people get killed so he reluctantly let the girl go But in return for giving up the gir
Being an Epic Hero Being an epic hero can change the way a person lives It can alter your identity There are two examples of an epic hero in The Illiad and The Aneid In present time there is a different meaning to be a hero and it is harder to become one I believe that it is possible to exist as a true hero in our current society An epic hero possesses the traits a civilization thinks are important The Greeks thought of heroes as a special class of people between regular people and the gods You
Title In explaining the war aspects in The Iliad we find out the process of the war in both the praising and condemning of it In The Iliad it is written in a way that sound like they are examining both aspects of the war and not just picking one side The Iliad is not praising or condemning war but just examining the aspects in both views of the war The praising of war in The Iliad is shown by both men wanting to fight to death By fighting to death they would be honorable in their acts As a snak