Many times in a story a character can be viewed as more likable than the other. Even sometimes two leaders that fight against each other. The author can portray this by using tone. The tone can be easily noticed by the words and actions a character does. One example of this is Mythology by Edith Hamilton. In the Trojan War two opposing leaders, Achilles on the side of the Greeks and Hector from Troy, are described to the reader in full detail. Hamilton clearly depicts her favored war hero by the stories and actions that the two men go through. Hamilton, through tone and diction, clearly shows the Trojan hero, Hector, is favored more than Achilles.
When Hector is introduced, Hamilton uses a prideful tone, “no man anywhere was nobler or more brave…” than him [260]. By the use of this diction, it shows the reader that Hector is a person that other warriors, or people, look up to and follow instructions from. As a part of being “a great warrior”, Hector knows that his death
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When he comes back, he approaches the Greeks even stronger than before. Hector, with a horse and chariot, went through the crowd “and one gallant warrior after another fell beneath his terrible bronze spear” [267]. The diction resonates clearly that he is the utmost threatening fighter out there and no one can stop him. The Greeks were like “frighten sheep driven by mountain lions” and were pressed back to their ships, letting the Trojans lead thanks to Hector [269]. Another fight followed and Hector came face to face with Patroclus. Hector without a second thought took his spear and slew him. Patroclus was wearing Achilles armor, but he did not receive it back, Hector took it and “it seemed as though he had taken on, too, Achilles’ strength and no other man of the Greeks could stand before him” [270]. From this happening, Hamilton points out that Hector is more robust than Achilles at this point, implying a dominant