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    The passage discusses the themes of The Iliad, focusing on how the poem uses the character of Achilles to demonstrate how wrath can destroy both oneself and others. Though initially focused solely on revenge, Achilles' moral journey culminates in an unexpectedly generous act towards his enemy Priam, when he returns Hector's body. To respond to the criticism, the exam asks to (1) discuss Achilles' heroic qualities and how they align with traditional heroes, (2) address his unheroic qualities, and (3) compare him specifically to another hero from The Iliad or other myths studied in class.

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    The passage discusses the themes of The Iliad, focusing on how the poem uses the character of Achilles to demonstrate how wrath can destroy both oneself and others. Though initially focused solely on revenge, Achilles' moral journey culminates in an unexpectedly generous act towards his enemy Priam, when he returns Hector's body. To respond to the criticism, the exam asks to (1) discuss Achilles' heroic qualities and how they align with traditional heroes, (2) address his unheroic qualities, and (3) compare him specifically to another hero from The Iliad or other myths studied in class.

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    The passage discusses the themes of The Iliad, focusing on how the poem uses the character of Achilles to demonstrate how wrath can destroy both oneself and others. Though initially focused solely on revenge, Achilles' moral journey culminates in an unexpectedly generous act towards his enemy Priam, when he returns Hector's body. To respond to the criticism, the exam asks to (1) discuss Achilles' heroic qualities and how they align with traditional heroes, (2) address his unheroic qualities, and (3) compare him specifically to another hero from The Iliad or other myths studied in class.

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    Final Exam: The Iliad Criticism

    Reference the epic poem The Iliad and respond to the question below.

    Wallace Gray writes that, The Iliad is not about the Trojan War; that war lasted ten years
    and the central actions of the poem occupy only a few weeks. War brutalizes men and
    women, wounds their bodies and minds, enslaves and kills them. This is Homer's
    message as he focuses on one hero, Achilleus, to demonstrate wrath's destruction of self
    and others. Achilleus' moral journey in the Iliad brings him face to face with his own
    humanity, leading him to a startling and essentially unheroic act of generosity toward his
    enemy. When he gives Priam the dead and mutilated body of Hektor, ...
    Is Achilles a hero? Respond to this criticism by: (1) addressing his heroic qualities/ alignment
    with studied heroic elements; (2) addressing his unheroic qualities (think of the aspects of heroes
    weve studied in class); and (3) compare him SPECIFICALLY to one of the other heroes/heroines
    in The Iliad or another myth we have studied. Reaction? Thoughts? This makes me

    think? Etc?

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