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Achilles Wrath In The Iliad

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Agamemnon is the reason behind Achilles’ wrath in both the Iliad and Troy. He triggered it by taking Briseis from Achilles’ who was his love interest in the movie Troy and his concubine in the Iliad. Keeping a relationship connection in both sources shows the significance that she has with Achilles. Modern culture expects every hero to have a love interest in someone else. Having Briseis in Troy shows that Achilles has a softer side and he can be compassionate to those he cares about. When Agamemnon takes her, it causes the audience to despise him because he only thinks of himself as opposed to the greater effect it could have on the outcome of his soldiers. This is shown in the movie Troy when Achilles speaks, “You are the only person in Troy who can say that.” This shows that there is something between Achilles and Briseis which makes the taking of her more meaningful on …show more content…

The Iliad - book one, lines 318-319 - quote of, “Haste to Achilles tent; where take briseis’ hand, and bring Her beauties to us,” gives off the impression that Agamemnon didn’t care about the state of Briseis or any meaning she may have to Achilles, he just wanted her with him so that he could restore his glory that had been lost. This causes the audience feel sympathy towards Achilles because he had his woman taken. This causes the major event of Achilles to withdraw from the war. It was kept the same because it shows early in the movie the motives that Agamemnon has - he only cares about everything that relates to him. It gives the idea that he is a greedy, stubborn man that focuses on himself. The taking of Briseis being the key event of Achilles withdrawing from the war can be related to both audiences. The relation is that, if something is

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With this you could also say Achilles fights for himself alone but since Agamemnon took Briseis from him. Achilles also hates Agamemnon because of where he was when the fighting was happening.

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Achilles’ anger has lead to him committing cruel behavior; a large majority of the horrific violence within Homer’s story, comes from Achilles’ relentless rage. But is his rage truly without proper cause and justification? King Agamemnon forced Achilles’ to hand over his beloved Briseis to him, which caused Achilles to withdraw his men from the Achaean army. Achilles’ closest

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Agamemnon believes that he deserves the highest honor, Briseis, a beautiful woman that was awarded to Achilles as a prize during the Trojan War. For this reason he is willing to irritate and anger Achilles in order to gain what he feels is already rightfully his. Likewise, instead of trying to diffuse the situation, Achilles decides to defend his prize. As a result of both men placing their own

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It is so deeply rooted that it encompasses Achilles, becoming a characteristic of this great warrior, influencing his actions and chooses throughout the story, such as leaving the fighting and considering the idea to return to Pythia. The depth of Achilles rage and hatred is demonstrated through in his response to Agamemnon, concerning the gifts he offered as compensation for his wrongs, saying that “not if his gifts outnumbered all the grains of sand and dust in the earth, no not even then could Agamemnon bring my fighting spirit round” (9.470-472). The true rage of Achilles is extremely important to the entire story of The Iliad, as from Book One through Book Nine Achilles allows this rage to control his actions, causing him to Achilles remains absent from the fighting as well as causing him to pray to Zeus that Trojans may receive the upper hand in the fighting so that the Greeks may suffer for Agamemnon’s actions. Therefore, this profound rage is an extremely important aspect of The Iliad, as it ultimately effects not only Achilles actions but also course of the

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However, in the end Agamemnon took Achilles’ girl, Briseis, which really hurt Achilles in the end. These warriors took a lot of pride in the things or people that they

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The Iliad is a riveting tale of violence and rage amongst heartbreak and tragedy, where a range of emotions are evoked through various events and decisions made by the characters throughout. Some of these characters act on impulse, while others think over with others and themselves to find the best course of action and do what they feel would be the best, be it for their families or their people, or for themselves alone. Through such feelings, certain events play out that either work out to the favor of the characters, or the exact opposite. Characters like Achilles and Agamemnon act on their anger, often going beyond what would be deemed reasonable and even affecting the events following. Achilles’ anger was triggered by Agamemnon’s arrogance

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Agamemnon’s taking of Briseis enrages Achilles and spurs him to remove himself from the war, leading to a massive death toll in the Achaean forces. In stealing Briseis from Achilles, he is not only robbing of him of a material prize, but also a symbol of honor, his geras, in Greek culture. In retaliation, Achilles removes himself from the war and prays to his mother, Thetis, that she will ask Zeus to damage the Achaean forces. Achilles’ only goal is that “even mighty Atrides can see how mad he was to disgrace Achilles” (1.488-490). Despite having no true grievance against the Achaean army as a whole, Achilles’ rage blinds him from the potential harm that may befall his troops.

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If I stay here and fight before the city of Troy, there will be no home- coming for me but my fame shall never die; if I go home to my native land, there will be no great fame for me, but I shall live long and not die an early death.” (Homer 110) This shows that he is selfishness and fearful at the same time of losing and dying in the war. In the very beginning of the Iliad, King Agamemnon and Achilles have an argument for a couple of different reasons. After, the Achians won a battle against a city that was allied with the Trojans each of them received a prize consisted of a young woman from the war.

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However, a few lines later he talks again of the way in which Agamemnon took his prize and his honor. Achilles is inconsistent throughout his thoughts and arguments. Similarly he speaks of how he loved Briseis, but later refers to her as a

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Achilles is maddened and appeals to his goddess mother saying, “If I am to die soon, shouldn’t I have what I want?” Feeling only sorrow for her son, Thetis requests Zeus to cause to Greeks to lose until Achilles fights again. Slowly the Greeks are pushed back farther and Agamemnon pleads with Achilles, offering Briseis back. Achilles declines due to his pride and the Trojans come close to burn the Greek ships. Even when a ship was burning, Achilles refused to fight and instead sends out Patroclus.

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