'Hector vs Achilles\r'

'Achilles indigence Fighting for per paroleal prize Knows that his fate leads him to extreme so he is entrusting to sacrifice his demeanor so his name will be remembered C atomic number 18d microscopic about anything except for his own desire”… exclusively this man’s ambition, remember, is to lead, to lord it over every one, deliberate orders to the rest of us!” (lines 337-340) ”Well, this time I thrust sail for home. Better to calculate now to my commits.Why linger, cheated of winnings, to trifle wealthiness for you?” (lines 197-199). ”And let them both bear come up before the gods who lifetime bliss, as before manpower who die, including this harsh king, if ever hereafter a indigence for me arises to keep the rest from black defeat and mar” (lines 394-398). ”Thetis left her son still burning for the softly belted girlfriend whom they had wrestled from him…” (lines 494-496) Loss of girl= passing game of honour”He tells the delegates that he has decided to extend to up to his kingdom and live out his life in comfort, forgoing the honor of dying a champ’s remainder in battle” (246).Vengeance browbeat killed his best friend ”On hearing of Patroclus’s death, Achilles is overcome with grief and rage. Vowing to avenge his friend, he ultimately deceases to the battle” (246) ”Hector, had you thought that you could kill Patroclus and be proficient? Nothing to dread from me; I was non there. totally in all childishness…The dogs and kites will rip your body. Hiss will lie in honor when the Achaeans give him funeral” (lines 392-400) ” strike down by the ships Patroclus’s body lies unwept, unburied. I shall non forget him while I keep my feet among the living” (lines 458-460).Actions TakenStrong temper/rage â€Å"A pain akin grief weighed on the son of Peleus, and in his ungroomed chest this way and that the passion of his nubble ran; should he draw amplesword from hip, stand off the rest, and kill in single combat the great son of Atreus, or realize his rage in check and give it time?” (lines 220-225) â€Å"But now the son of Peleus turn on Agamemnon and lashed out at him, letting his enkindle ride in execration…” (lines 263-265) â€Å"On hearing of Patroclus’s death, Achilles is overcome with grief and rage. Vowing to avenge his friend, he finally returns to the battle, mercilessly slaying the Trojan forces”Accuses Agamemnon of world a glory hound and trying to take to a greater extent than his fair fate â€Å"I induct seen more action hand to hand in those assaults than you deliver, entirely when the time for sharing comes, the greater share is always yours” (lines 192-195).Sensitive when his vainglory is in jeopardyâ€Å"eye wet with tear, he spoke” (lines 412-414) â€Å"Thetis left her son still burning for th e softly belted girl whom they had wrestled from him…” (Lines 494-496)Selfish/prideful identifys his own needs above his multitude’s lives. â€Å"Without Achilles’ help, the Greeks are at a serious disfavour against the Trojans” (246) â€Å"Achilles’ immense pride is revealed as he pig-headedly refuses to accept Agamemnon’s gifts” (246). â€Å"…he has decided to return to his kingdom and live out his life in comfort, forgoing the honor of dying a hoagie’s death in battle” (246) scud’s Hector’s dead bodydisrespect/ delight Role/ Reaction of others Only his mom grieves for him â€Å"Her eye filled, an a tear fell as she answered” (line 476) His army respected him when he was in battle but he did not seem to stand a close relationship to anyone but his mother and peradventure his bet friend Patroclus Role of godsHera favored the Greeks in general Athena was constantly by his side of m eat â€Å"Then Athena, gray-eyed, to the son of Peleus, falling in with him, and set about him, saying swiftly:‘Now at last I think the ii of us, Achilles love by genus genus Zeus, shall bring Achaeans triumph at the ships by kill Hector…” (lines 253-259) â€Å"As his tumult swayed him, as he slid the big blade slowly from the sheath, Athena came to him from the thresh” (Lines 226-228) Apollo did not favor himâ€Å"Archer of heaven, deadliest of immortal gods, you put me off the track, turning me from the wall this way…you salve my enemies with ease and stole my glory, having no punishment to alarm” (lines 18-24) Obeys the godsâ€Å"Die, make an end. I shall accept my own whenever Zeus and the other gods desire” (lines 435-436) â€Å"Nothing for it, goddess, but when you two immortals speak, a man complies…” (lines 253-255).Hector Motivation Duty and honor Protector of the stack â€Å"Hector returns to battle, fighti ng fiercely for the Trojans” (246) â€Å"…here you may fight on to salvage our Trojan men and women” (lines 66-67) Not motivated by what was best for him, but what was best for his country and his people Actions TakenSelfless Would die for his people â€Å"Now my soul would have me stand and fight, whether I kill you or am killed” (lines 298-299) Tried to make a pact of honor with Achilles â€Å"So come, we’ll summon gods here as our witnesses, none higher, arbiters of a pact: I swear that, marvelous you are, I’ll not insult your corpse should Zeus allow me victory in the end, your life as a prize . Once I have your gear, I’ll give your body back to Achaeans. portion me,too, this grace” (lines 300-306). Examines ways to get out of contradict fear? â€Å"Suppose, though, that I lay my shield and helm aside…and go to match the noble Prince Achilles, declare Helen, promising with her all the treasures that Alexandro s brought home by ship to Troy… Then I might add, unconnected from these, a portion of all the secret wealth the city owns” (lines 134-142) â€Å" â€Å"These were his shifts of mood” (line 157)Runs away â€Å"…and Hector, as he watched, began to tremble. Then he could hold his ground no more. He ran, leaving the gate behind him…” (Lines 164-165) funky not to fight Role of Others/ Reaction of Others Everyone loves and cares for him â€Å"If he brings you down, I shall no longer be allowed to bewail you laid out on your bed, dear section in flower, born of me” (lines 103-106) â€Å"With tears and cries the two implored their son, and do their prayers again” (lines 109-110) â€Å"Child, I am lost now. female genitalia I bear my life after the death of suffering your death? You were my pride in all my nights and days, pride of the city, pillar to the Trojans and Trojan women” (lines 507-511). Role of the godsApollo was o n his side â€Å"How could he run so long from death, had not Apollo for the last time, the very last, come close together(p) to give him stamina and speed” (lines 239-242)\\ Zeus snarl sympathetic towards him â€Å"How sad that this beloved man is hunt down around the wall before my eyes! My heart is touched for Hector;” (lines 200-203) Athena was against him â€Å"Now at last I think the two of us, Achilles loved by Zeus, shall bring Achaeans triumph at the ships by killing Hector…” (lines 256-259) The gods choose his death â€Å"This the end. The gods are calling deathward… Long ago this hour must have been to Zeus’s care and to the liking of his archer son” (lines 351-358)Similarities twain are impelled by stubbornness â€Å"Achilles’ immense pride is revealed as he stubbornly refuses to accept Agamemnon’s gifts” (246) â€Å"With tears and cries the two implored their son, and made their prayers again, b ut could not throw away him. Hector stood firm…” (lines 109-111) Neither listen when a wise figure tells them who they are up against is more powerful â€Å" …don’t try to hold your ground against this man, or soon you will meet the shock of doom, borne down by the son of Peleus.He is more powerful by far than you, and pitiless” (lines 45-48) â€Å"Achilles, for your part, do not defy your King and Captain. No ones vies in honor with him who holds authority from Zeus. You have more prowess, for a goddess bore you; his power over men surpasses yours” (lines 327-332) Both are heroes in the eyes of their peers at one pointBoth have some pride in them â€Å" bulk 6 reveals to us Hector’s pride, for we tick off that although he believes Troy is doomed, honor will not allow him to surrender” (246) â€Å"Now troops have perished for my foolish pride… He kept his pride and ost his men, this Hector” (lines 126-129” â€Å"Agamemnon, humiliated me! he has my prize by his own whim, for himself” (lines 411-413) Both are ruled by fate through the gods\r\n'