Examples Of Archetypes In The Iliad

Love can be very dangerous, if there is rivalry over someone conflict begins. In this paragraph I will be explaining how and why love taken to extreme measures can be dangerous. I will use character archetypes, conflicts between the gods and humans and characteristics of a myth. One character archetype that is shown in the Iliad is a trickster being Eris. Eris was angry because she wasn’t invited to the banquet that the god’s threw. Consequently, she threw a gold apple that was only for the fairest. The god’s all fought over it, until it was narrowed down to 3 gods. Those gods were Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. They asked Zeus to decide, and he told them to go to Paris, who was an excellent judge of beauty. They all offered him gifts and promises,

Eris caused a disagreement between the gods which led to Paris starting a war just because he wanted the fairest woman to be his. Tricksters generally like to play pranks and don’t feel much sorrow when they see others hurt by them. Another example of a character archetype that is shown in the Iliad is Paris. After Paris chose what god was the fairest based on their bribes, he took Helen, who was the fairest in all the land. Paris can be stereotyped under the lover character archetype. He stole Helen which led to the Greeks being angry and started a war that was 10 years long, just for his side to lose. He is an example of a lover type character who will do anything for love, even start a war. The relationship between the gods and mortals was strong. They lived among each other, had kids with one another, and helped each other. After the war started, conflict arose between them because they all chose different sides of the war, gods against gods and humans against humans. For example Athena, Achilles, and Poseiden were on the Greeks’ side of the war whilst Zeus, Aphrodite, and Apollo were on the Trojan