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This 6 page report discusses the ancient classic “The Illiad” and focuses on the issues of revenge presented by Homer. The epic's importance, especially in “The Illiad,” lies in the fact that it advocates a certain level of consideration regarding the requirements of human interaction. Revenge is not for sale in “The Illiad” and its pursuit is not entered into without a great deal of consideration.
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File: D0_BWilliad.rtf
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as a political thought. The epics importance, especially in "The Illiad," lies in the fact that it advocates a certain level of consideration regarding the requirements of human interaction. This
reflection usually evolves into an ethic of determined self-sufficiency. Homer, however, moves toward an ethic born of relationships on earth in which choices are often ambiguous and irreversible. Revenge, as
a relationship between separate individuals, certainly may be almost always classified as ambiguous and quite often seen as irreversible. "The Iliad" takes place
in the final year of the Trojan War... The primary controversy of the story and the background for its central plot is the story of the wrath of the Greek
hero Achilles. Summarizing the story sets up the framework for the multi-dimensioned layers of revenge that encompass "The Illiad." Insulted by his commander in chief Agamemnon, the young warrior Achilles
withdraws from the war, leaving his fellow Greeks to suffer terrible defeats at the hands of the Trojans. Achilles rejects the Greeks attempts at reconciliation, but he finally relents to
some extent, allowing his companion Patroclus to lead his troops in his place. Patroclus is slain, and Achilles, filled with fury and remorse, turns his wrath against the Trojans, whose
leader, Hector (son of King Priam), he kills in single combat. The poem closes as Achilles surrenders the corpse of Hector to Priam for burial, recognizing a certain kinship with
the Trojan king as they both face the tragedies of mortality and bereavement. Issues of Revenge "The Iliad" can easily be viewed as
an ancient prose adventure tale that could easily be adapted to a screenplay for the 1990s with its intrigues, duplicitous themes, and undercurrent of revenge. It is, in any context,
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