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Mind Map by Lydia Ward, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lydia Ward
over 5 years ago
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M.S.Silk
- GODS
- Zeus intervenes on
both sides with little
partiality.
- A&A's quarrel contrasts with
Z&H's quarrel, signifying
mortality vs. immortality.
- Heroes will risk their lives for
glory which is much more
respectable than gods who
have nothing to lose.
- Gods are central in setting mortal
scenes in high relief. They are comic
and trivial.
- Gods interest in heroic
endeavour guarantees it's
splendour.
- Though they interfere, the heroes still
act with free will.
- Zeus intervenes on
both sides with little
partiality.
- PLOT
- Opposites created by similes. Gives
us a glimpse of the world of peace.
- Homer prevents all of the deaths to be emotive and
instead makes them impersonal and objective.
Prevents the poem from being dominated by emotion.
- It's not a tragedy. It shows players on a filed
not characters.
- Book 23 is important. Shows the characters as
their 'real' selves.
- Opposites created by similes. Gives
us a glimpse of the world of peace.
- MORTAL CHARACTERS
- The Trojans are given all the dignity of the defeated.
Apart from more Trojans dying, there is a balance of
status of the two sides.
- Characters are defined by their status.
Agamemnon is king of men and behaves like a king
first and foremost.
- Characters are defined by particular traits. They
are not well rounded.
- Characters are static. Characters do not develop
after experiences. Achilles is the only character
which is capable of change.
- Achilles is an outsider.
- Book 24 Achilles shows a heightened form of humanity.
- Achilles withdraws from the battle in heroic protest.
- Paris charmed Helen away from
Greece by his sexuality.
- The Trojans are given all the dignity of the defeated.
Apart from more Trojans dying, there is a balance of
status of the two sides.
- WOMEN
- Hecabe's importance is
summed up by her roles as
mother and wife.
- Hecabe's importance is
summed up by her roles as
mother and wife.
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