In terror of death they ripped the swells-all as one- and what a joy as we darted out toward open sea, clear of those beetling cliffs my ship alone." ... Odysseus only cares that he gets off the island safely, not whether or not his crew gets off the island safely. ... Would to god I"d died there too and met my fate that day the Trojans, swarms of them, hurled at me with bronze spears, fighting over the corpse of proud Achilles! A hero's funeral then, my glory spread by comrades - now what a wretched death I"m doomed to die!" ... When six of his crew members are killed, he s...

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He is an arrogant person that only sees what is best for him and does not care for others. ... Although Agamemnon says he does not deserve this, he allows her to complete this long introduction to his post Troy life. That is a flaw, but it is not the one to doom him. ... By his decision, it is clearly visible that he is proud and wants nothing more than victory. ... With Agamemnon, death is what comes to play. ...

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She, too, appeared in public proudly displaying the body of her victim. ... She despised her mother and wanted her to pay for the murder of her father, but maybe the gods will call it upon her to avenge her mother's death by murdering her brother. ... When Clytamnestra hears her son is alive and is coming after her, she requests the axe so she can kill him before he gets her, but when he approaches her when Clytamnestra tries to convince her son not to kill her; she nearly persuades him, but Pylades convinces Orestes that the oracle must be obeyed. ... As we have come to realize the d...

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"He would not fight the orders of Athena" because if he did, he would not gain what he wants (109). Although spiritually he respects the gods" decisions, Achilles displays a fault in his proud spirit through his decision to stay out of the war. ... When his mother Thetis reveals to him his two fates, "hold out and lay siege to Troy, [and] glory never dies [or] voyage back to the fatherland [and] glory dies," Achilles chooses death. He has a will so strong that he chooses death to gain the glory that he continually seeks. ... Through his patience, wit, and trickery Odysseus keeps from death and...

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Clytemnestra is introduced in the play, following the death of her daughter, Iphigenia. ... Since she felt that her daughter's death was not justified, she was determined to avenge it. ... After the murder it seems like Clytemnestra was proud of what she had done and wasn't afraid to let the entire public know of her actions. ... It is her confidence and determination to avenge the death of Iphigenia, which leads to the tragic death of Agamemnon. ... Even her daughter had to accept her death silently. ...

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Moving away from the idea of fate, Connington suggests a reference to the Homeric phrase"gaia melaina" with "atra humum", whether intentional or not this is the forerunner to many Graecism's and Homeric references in this passage. ... Further to this is Mezentius" depiction as an honorable warrior choosing not to slay Orodes with trickery ("haud furto"), which almost immediately brings to mind the cunning Odysseus; this is truly an image full of pathos, as we know he must soon meet his end. ... However Vergil chooses to close the passage with a melancholy reference to death in "aeterna...

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In terror of death they ripped the swells-all as one- and what a joy as we darted out toward open sea, clear of those beetling cliffs my ship alone." ... Odysseus only cares that he gets off the island safely, not whether or not his crew gets off the island safely. ... Would to god I"d died there too and met my fate that day the Trojans, swarms of them, hurled at me with bronze spears, fighting over the corpse of proud Achilles! A hero's funeral then, my glory spread by comrades - now what a wretched death I"m doomed to die!" ... When six of his crew members are killed, he s...

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Not until the death of his beloved companion, which he was an indirect cause of, does he decide to return to the battlefield. ... Achilles feels guilty about Patroklos" death and wants to avenge his friend's death more for personal reasons than anything else. Achilles feels that if he kills Hector, Patroklos" death will be justly avenged, and Achilles will not carry such a heavy weight on his chest feeling like he was the cause of his friend's death. ... The antagonistic relationship between Agamemnon and Achilles appears to be on a subconscious level because both men are very prou...

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They were the first democratic society in a tumultuous world of kings and emperors, and they were proud of their ideology. ... Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. ... It is not that he is a bad man; his motive is both self-less and selfish. ... Her reactions illustrate how easy it is to upset a nation's stability when its entire system of rule can be overthrown by the deaths of a king and his children. ...

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He is there by himself because his strategy not to retreat the day earlier led to many Trojan deaths, and now he is embarrassed and thinks that fighting Achilles is the only way to prove himself. ... Priam uses death as his main threat. ... Even though these two have been together as friends for a very long time, Prometheus is too proud to stop criticizing Zeus and admit that he may have been wrong. ... The fact that his fight with Achilles will almost definitely end in death does not seem to bother him. ... Without these people, as the story shows, death and destruction are likely to take...

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Not until the death of his beloved companion, which he was an indirect cause of, does he decide to return to the battlefield. ... Achilles feels guilty about Patroklos" death and wants to avenge his friend's death more for personal reasons than anything else. Achilles feels that if he kills Hector, Patroklos" death will be justly avenged, and Achilles will not carry such a heavy weight on his chest feeling like he was the cause of his friend's death. ... The antagonistic relationship between Agamemnon and Achilles appears to be on a subconscious level because both men are very prou...

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Agamemnon is infuriated that Achilles, the great Greek warrior, does not bow to his power. ... This is not the first time Agamemnon has shown himself to be a haughty leader. ... He further accuses him of causing the deaths of thousands of Trojans. ... Through his actions and beliefs, Hector shows that he is a proud, dutiful, wise, and honorable man, once of the most noble in the entire poem. ... In truth, Achilles' real opponents are not Aeneas and Hector, but Ares and Apollo. ...

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Rising action of the poem is Hector's assault on the Achaean ships; the return of Patroclus to combat; the death of Patroclus. ... Virgil died in 19 B.C., before he finished revising The Aeneid; it was published after his death. ... Aeneas wins, and, after considering sparing his enemy's life, he decides to kill Turnus to avenge Pallas's death. ... Also, when Turnus kills Pallas, Virgil foreshadows Turnus's own death. ... Their paths would be guided not by normal order, and not by the consequences of their actions, but by the directing of fate. ...

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