Similarities Between Achilles And Hector

Comparison between Achilles and Hector Homer’s epic “The Iliad” is an incredible poem that labels the majority of the battle between Greeks and Trojans. The Iliad is very interesting poem because it teaches several good things about the life of a warrior during the war. In the Iliad, several male characters perform heroic aspects of ancient Greece and Troy. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, which we can notice at many situations throughout the battle and the conflicts explained in the Iliad. The major examples of such characters are Achilles and Hector. These two characters displays behavior that could be described as heroism. The fact is that they both are from two different groups which meet each other with hatred in combat. Achilles …show more content…
He also chooses a way to forget the feuds with Agamemnon that prevents him from participating in the war. Later he joins in the battle with revengeful mindset with full of rage and aggressiveness in his heart. This will likely play an important role in the outcome of the battle between Greeks and Trojans. Meanwhile, Hector is also in a dilemma, whether to participate in the war or not. He doesn’t want to be killed in the battle and leave his wife Andromache as a widow. His wife Andromache also begs him not to take part in this cruel war for his and his family’s sake. His son Astyanax cries with fright and shows the bravery and heroism in war cannot exist with the care and love that a father shows to his son. This is the main reason why Hector decides to participate in the …show more content…
Hector as courageous as ever and chooses to stay outside of the ramparts (a defensive wall around the castle) of the fortified city. Hector have chosen this step not because of he is scared of someone, it is because the entire army could be there safer than usual spots. Priam, Hector’s father saw that Achilles and his army is upcoming and he hid Hector behind the ramparts with some army in front of Hector. However, Achilles found Hector and the battle between those takes place for some time and as it comes to an end, Hector flees from Achilles to secure himself. For common people, Hector’s behavior of escaping from Achilles looks quite unlike the heroic behavior. But, Hector not only thinks about himself but also about his wife Andromache, father Priam and Son Astyanax. Later, Hector stops escaping form Achilles and starts to fight again because of the cunning trick by Athena. In this battle, Achilles kills Hector by today’s cruel standards. This death situation of Hector illustrates a seemingly the internal behavior of heroic code and the human sentiments and characters that sometimes current inconsistent desires to the heroic