How are the passages similar? How are they different? What does this similarity/ difference tell us about a larger similarities/differences in the works of a whole? Example from teacher: Aeneid line 404-424 (Dido is broken hearted) Odyssey: 212-225 (Calypso- “Can I be less desirable? “) similarity: both have broken-hearts- the protagonist is leaving them difference: Aneid- Rome calls, going to Italy to build a new home/ Dido refuses to accept his leaving/ Dido is simply a queen and mortal Odyssey: home calls, Ithika (past already his home) Calypso accepts that he must go/ she is a goddess demise The Iliad| The Aenied | Passage: The Aeneid’s last six book (the outbreak of war) resembles the Iliad. | Partoclus killed by Hector and the wrath of Achilles is ignited by the news of the death of his friend. | Pallas killed by Turnus and the wrath of Aneus is ignited when he also receives the news of her dead friend. |
Similarities/Differences| Similarities: * Both Achilles and Aneas share the same reaction towards the death of their fellow soldiers. Iliad> pg 430 ll. 25-38Aenied> pg 325 * Both Virgil and Homer display the same theme of revenge. Achilles avenges Hector for killing Patroclus and Aneus kills Pallas in order to serve vengeance for Turnus’ death. * Both soldiers are absent from battle and the news is brought to them. Differences: * Both men have different drives> Achilles is driven by his pride and self-glory while Aneus serves the will of the Gods. * Reason behind the men’s absence from the battle field: Achilles: self-loathing and stubbornness for the loss of his war prize therefore refusing to take part in battle.
The Essay on Achilles as the Anti-Hero in Homer’s “Iliad”
From beginning to end of Homer’s The Iliad, Achilles is portrayed as a man stagnant in his ways. He is arrogant, impatient, unforgiving, vengeful, and extremely stubborn, and these awful attributes never cease. Achilles’ lack of compassion perplexes the present situation involving the Achaens and the Trojans by making it difficult to figure out which side is truly good and ...
Aneus: carrying out his fate given to him by the Gods; in search of more men for his new army. *different characters| Works as a Whole| Homer> The Iliad emphasizes the idea of “hamartia” and it’s capability of destruction with a strong presence of war. Virgil> The Aenied focuses on glorifying the Roman Gods. Both> In both works, the actions of the protagonists and antagonists are influenced by Divine Intervention,
