The tone behind this particular chapter is increasingly more loving, caring and human. Hector, the son of the king and queen of Troy, brother to Paris, must return to Troy to fight. When he finds his wife Andromache, and his newborn son Astyanax, and informs her that he is returning to the fight, she is grief stricken. She cries to him "Reckless one- my Hector! Your own fiery courage will destroy you! Have you no pity for him, our helpless son? Or me, and the destiny that weighs me down, your widow, now so soon". She is immeasurably anguished at the thought of her beloved husband returning to the war to ultimately die. She fears his death, being a widow and having a fatherless son. The chapter ends with Hector leaning down to kiss a son he just met before departing. The emotion in this chapter; the love, the fear and the courage is overwhelming, and my heart bleeds for Andromache, her soon to be dead husband, and the child that will never know …show more content…
In this chapter Hector arrives at the gates of Troy and stands outside of the gates, too ashamed to enter. Achilles returns and Hector confronts him. When Hector realizes there is no way to negotiate with Achilles, he runs. Achilles chases Hector around the city three times before Hector stops and faces him. Achilles throws his spear in the spot he knows to be the weakest in Hectors armor, because it was once his armor, and kills him. When Hector falls, dying, he begs Achilles to return his body to his family for proper burial. Achilles refuses and allows his body to be mauled by stray dogs and birds. He then ties Hectors body to his chariot, and drags it through the dirt. The way in which Achilles treats Hectors body is obvious that he loathes him, however the way in which he treated his body was cruel and unfair; regardless of how Hector mistreated