The underlying theme of Homer's masterwork, "The Iliad," is mortality. While there are obvious motifs throughout the poem, I believe that Homer is telling us that death is inevitable regardless of stature. The gods often are referred to as immortals showing us a main difference between the mortals a...

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Throughout The Iliad, Robert Fagels describes the deaths of Pratroclus and Hector in an utmost descriptive and graphic way. ... The final thoughts of Patroclus and Hector were cut short by death, but both of their final wishes or requests came through. ...

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