Alexia Delapaz
English 2332-877
Professor Brooks
28 September 2017
The Revenge Back to Hector
(Preparing a body for funeral rites/burial (See Hector’s rites of fire and burial in Book 24.)
Through the time of The Iliad, there were certain wreckages that provoked to the deaths and led to the burials that occurred under the oath of the gods. In The Iliad, Achilles' handling destruction of Hector is self-destructive through physical actions. Hector is clothed with Achilles' formal armor, the armor that was given to Patroclus from Achilles was removed. Through the perspective of the armor, this building made Patroclus represent Achilles into a mirroring picture of him. As a consideration to the armor, Hector slaughter becomes an even more unsettling …show more content…
Achilles changed his mind and proceeded into presenting the body to Hector's father, King Priam, who will give the proper recognition to his son that Hector deserves. Within Priam’s petition, the crowd began to separate and came forward with it. The family led the way to the palace of Troy, and there upon rested the body on the bed and requested the presence of the chorus of singers to stand beside, to sing the mournful that leads to the lamentation, while the women cried in chorus, the burial began for Hector
Let the mules come through. Later you will have
Your fill of grieving, after I have brought him home.
He spoke, and the crowd made way for the cart.
And they brought him home and laid …show more content…
Throughout the death of Hector, the ideal tradition changed to an even greater result. With Achilles bestowing a dishonorable gesture to, which he didn’t consider honorable, of Hector. The ideal part of Hector’s burial was a revenge: to avenge his friend, Patroclus. Even though Achilles never encountered the ideal part of how a person represented, he justified the result in which their actions were put into. The perspective source of how the greeks and as us people today, the certain tradition of funerals are different. During the lamentation of Hector, grief and sorrow were shown by the people of Troy, as their honorable leader was being tortured by their sworn enemy. Today, as citizens, we show no emotion until the individual is being put down into the burial. The ideal image between both parties gives an interpretation of similarities in funerals. Hector or any individual who gets murdered results into different actions to the way they are remembered or in most cases forgotten. The burial of Hector, became one long process, during The Iliad, this not only brought forth more deaths but took a sudden piece of what created Troy. Achilles got his revenge over Patroclus, but a part of dishonor that gave a different point of view towards him as a leader. During this
English 2332-877
Professor Brooks
28 September 2017
The Revenge Back to Hector
(Preparing a body for funeral rites/burial (See Hector’s rites of fire and burial in Book 24.)
Through the time of The Iliad, there were certain wreckages that provoked to the deaths and led to the burials that occurred under the oath of the gods. In The Iliad, Achilles' handling destruction of Hector is self-destructive through physical actions. Hector is clothed with Achilles' formal armor, the armor that was given to Patroclus from Achilles was removed. Through the perspective of the armor, this building made Patroclus represent Achilles into a mirroring picture of him. As a consideration to the armor, Hector slaughter becomes an even more unsettling …show more content…
Achilles changed his mind and proceeded into presenting the body to Hector's father, King Priam, who will give the proper recognition to his son that Hector deserves. Within Priam’s petition, the crowd began to separate and came forward with it. The family led the way to the palace of Troy, and there upon rested the body on the bed and requested the presence of the chorus of singers to stand beside, to sing the mournful that leads to the lamentation, while the women cried in chorus, the burial began for Hector
Let the mules come through. Later you will have
Your fill of grieving, after I have brought him home.
He spoke, and the crowd made way for the cart.
And they brought him home and laid …show more content…
Throughout the death of Hector, the ideal tradition changed to an even greater result. With Achilles bestowing a dishonorable gesture to, which he didn’t consider honorable, of Hector. The ideal part of Hector’s burial was a revenge: to avenge his friend, Patroclus. Even though Achilles never encountered the ideal part of how a person represented, he justified the result in which their actions were put into. The perspective source of how the greeks and as us people today, the certain tradition of funerals are different. During the lamentation of Hector, grief and sorrow were shown by the people of Troy, as their honorable leader was being tortured by their sworn enemy. Today, as citizens, we show no emotion until the individual is being put down into the burial. The ideal image between both parties gives an interpretation of similarities in funerals. Hector or any individual who gets murdered results into different actions to the way they are remembered or in most cases forgotten. The burial of Hector, became one long process, during The Iliad, this not only brought forth more deaths but took a sudden piece of what created Troy. Achilles got his revenge over Patroclus, but a part of dishonor that gave a different point of view towards him as a leader. During this