CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture 4: Gobbit Assignment Fact sheet
20 Apr 2016
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Where is the passage from: the passage is from book 22. In this book the main focal point is the death of hector. Book 22 is very important because it truly gives us deep insight as to which the heroes, achilles and hector are. What is being discussed: the pursuit of hector by achilles, and the eventual deaths of both of the heroes are foretold. Before: hector"s parents plead for him to return to the city, patrolus" death. After: the battle and eventual death of hector, hectors body is dragged, mourning of hector. Language: swift footed achilles , comparing achilles to the demons of death . How does it add to the significance of the iliad: the poem starts out with the lines o goddess, sing the rage of. Achilles , this paragraph and what comes after it just show the bloodlust and rage that achilles is about to unleash.
