How Does Achilles Support War In The Iliad

The setting of the poem is Greek at a time of war and the events covered occur a few weeks towards the Trojan War. From the flow of the poem, it is evident that The Iliad finds joy in war. Their bravery and competence determine the value of each character in the story during a battle. Paris who is a character in the poem is scorned by his lover and his family because he does not enjoy war yet the pride of a man is endorsed from their strength in battle. Achilles is viewed as a victorious man by the society because of his decision not to stay home living an uneventful, long, and comfortable life. The arguments in the text support war as a means of judging a person character and their attitude is also extended to the gods. Warlike deities are

Peleus his father is a mortal and goddess Thetis his mother both invite the gods to a wedding but they exclude Eris. However, like in the fairy tales where the evil witch shows up on occasions Eris did the same with the motive of starting the Trojan War. With the type of his parents, Achilles is exposed to both immortality and mortality way of life. Even though he has a conviction he will die, there is a sense that reminds him of eternal life. He is in a dilemma of whether to engage in the war of which the chances are that he would die or to live a long life by avoiding the conflict. For Greeks war was the mark of glory thus giving up the fight would mean cowardice. He thinks to himself of how dying young would give him eternal fame and glory. While at crossroads on what to do he pretends to be a woman so that he can evade the Trojan War. However, the more he walked away, the more he came close to that action.

Three things bother Achilles, not being able to resolve the conflict, the society alienates him, and he suffers from internal strife. To alter his ego, he sends Patroclus to represent him in the war and even accords him his armor an element which would convince the people that Achilles has gone to war. However, during the fight Hector kills Patroclus, and this makes Achilles be in a more significant turmoil. His heart is burdened with the death of his friend, and as a result, the Trojan feel confident that they will be the winners of the war against