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Achilles Rage In The Iliad

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Achilles tears through the enemy, brutally crushing everyone and everything in his path. He rips

the armor off of an enemy soldier and dashes his sword through the soldier's heart. He quickly runs to

the next, smashing his head against a brick, breaking his skull. All of this because Achilles is fueled by

rage. Rage ruins friendships, consumes people, and spreads to others. Rage is very real in the book

“The Iliad.” First, rage ruins friendships. When Achilles becomes overwhelmed by rage, his best friend Hector

disagrees with this. Achilles is so overtaken by his rage, that he even tries to kill Hector! Achilles' rage

is very, very real. Achilles starts hurting his own friends, which makes the rest of them …show more content…

So Achilles loses his friends, just because of rage. He

becomes so brainwashed by war and hate that he becomes intolerable. Second, rage consumes a person. In “The Iliad,” Achilles rage isn't at large until he starts feeding

his mind and heart with it. First, his rage starts small. He gets angry at people easily, and often yells at

them. Then, he starts throwing things and hitting other soldiers from his own army. Next, Achilles

starts planning what he would do with the Trojan soldiers when the war is over. He thinks violently

about this, caressing the thought of brutality. He soon turns to rage as his only hope in life. Third, rage spreads to others. Before Achilles leads his army out for battle against the Trojans, he

starts trying to make his army angry, so they will be more brutal. By Achilles own rage, the whole

army is obsessed with murdering the enemy. The soldiers have gory images and plans in their heads

that Achilles places their through his pep talk. The men are fiercely brutal in battle, and kill hundreds

of the enemy. Rage is very real in the book “The Iliad.” It ruins friendships, consumes people, and spreads

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