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• Plunged right into the story-the authors assume reader's background
knowledge
• Agamemnon-not the super king
• Achilles-also a King, but not one of Helen's suitor
◦ in the war only for his fame, glory, and status
◦ No quarrel with the Trojans
◦ alludes to his future-die young or chose to grow old
◦ Already chosen immortal fame<-die young
◦ He is one of the strongest warriors, Leds his warriors(who are also really
great fighters)
◦ He is also personally brave
• Agamemnon and Achilles arguement-reflects the Trojan war Cause-Helen of
Troy
◦ Agamemnon-wants the women for personal pleasure, while Achilles is for
prize
◦ To have the prize, stripping the individual of armour
...
◦ Keeps a public face
◦ can use great insults about each other
◦ Insulted Agamemnon, who did not respond to his insults,which in turn made
Agamemnon looks bad
◦ Achilles crying when he went to the beach, shows he is a human being and
has feelings-before he goes to call for his mother
‣ cries on his own, with his own side and people
◦ He cares about his appearance than man do now
• Achilles's Mother
◦ comforts him, and appeals to his mother as a small child would
◦ Portrayed to a small child, running to his mother for comfort
◦ Age?-He is going to have the shortest life among all the Greeks
• Agamemnon, and other charactors- quite old, they are adults
• Achilles-request his mother to help him out
◦ The greek are going to lose badly by him pulling out, he doesn't really go
home
◦ He feels conflicted, he doesn't join back
‣ he wants to live but he wants glory
‣ How can he get glory without participating in the war
• Gives a sense of dimension of this war
• gives a sense of the other side
Embassy
• things get really bad for the Greeks that they need to have Achilles back
• Value-of Achilles, up the financial states
• Agamemnon-gifts
◦ Achilles-feels more insulted
◦ He hides the fact that he really needs Achilles
◦ So much wealth- that he can buy you out, he never apologizes to Achilles
◦ Everything is done properly
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Ajax-the second best warrior
Achilles-doesn't care that much of materialist value, he is going to die young
Agamemnon-know that Achilles wishes the fame
Only weeks around, the arguement, show how quickly the tides of war would
change
• He refuse that Agamemnon has any authority, hence he does not want to
return
• Odysseus, Nestor, etc