Fate In The Achilles

Fate is something, so often, seen is a positive light, when two people meet, when they feel as if they were destined to be together, That feeling like you were destined to be something great, that feeling of knowing that life will play out as planned and you make choices along the way that create who you but in the end, you are who you were supposed to become. Seldomly do people think of how we are are all destined to die, that our lives are fated to end, sometimes in the worst of ways. that we all are destined to die at an exact place and point in time and there's no avoiding it no matter how fast we run from ourselves and circumstances, the end is always there. If humans were truly aware of when and where those they care about and hold close

Thetis, a sea nymph or water goddess and also Achilles mother, attempts to advise him against it even though she knows it is fated for them to fight and for his death to come after killing hector. There is nothing she can do because she knows that it has been fated. Tries to persuade him to not fight Hector, but knowing all along that he will fight any way and die after killing Hector because although she is a Goddess fate has decided his death to follow him killing Hector. Fate is such an ultimate power, not even the gods can change it as we see here and also with Zues son Sparedon. Zeus his always seen with such power and greatness, but even he becomes to the all influence of

No one alive has ever escaped it, / neither brave man nor coward, I tell you— / it’s born with us the day that we are born." Fate is also used as a comfort fo Hector, knowing its not his fate to die, at least not yet. In Book 7 lines 46-53, Helenos explains to his brother Hector that he should go battle Aias. "Hector, o son of priam and equal of zeus in counsel, would you now be persuaded by me, for i am your brother? make the rest of the trojans sit down by me, and all the achaians, and yourself call forth one of the achaians, their bravest, to fight man to man against you in bitter combat. Since it is not your destiny yet to die and encounter fate. for thus I heard it in the speech of the gods everlasting." Yet when Hectors fate finally comes it is utterly grim. Hector's end is so tragic because he holds so much shame because of his brash decision for the Trojans to stay outside their walls the previous night. Once he meets up with Achilles and tries to reach some sort or compromise, when he realizes that won't work he just flees searching for an an escape, all while his family is watching; by doing this he losing all of his pride, his dignity. He is searing so desperately for some way to escape his fate, he soon must face his mistakes and his battle, he knows that he must face Achilles in battle, and he