Ship burial

The fact that they virtually forced Achilles to return the body to his father and see that Hector was given a proper burial is proof that either the gods respected Hector enough because of his sacrifices for them to care, or they genuinely cared about him and wanted him to have the burial he deserved. Regardless of which motive caused the gods to do what they did, they were sad to see Hector die and directly intervened in the form of Hermes leading Priam…

Your culture influences your morals and ideas, shaping you from the youngest age, and yet one incident can change your perspective. A person’s view of life changes throughout and by their experiences; traumatic, dramatic, or otherwise. Death is a averse subject at best in any culture, however, it is one that needs approaching more often. Even as it needs to be more talked about, it also needs to be said that perceptions of it change from culture to culture and person to person as well. It…

strong and if the state appears strong he is less likely to get attacked. As a ruler Creon is insecure, desperate to assert his authority and to restore order in Thebes and he sees Polynices burial as a threat to that order because he committed treason against his own city. But by Creon denying his nephew’s a burial he struck a nerve in Antigone who thought she had no choice but to go against the law and bury Polynices herself, knowing the punishment was death by public stoning. That punishment…

The writing style of Edgar Allan Poe is shown to be of dark nature which is also known as dark romanticism. In the story “The Premature Burial”, Edgar Allan Poe focused on the thought of being buried alive. Poe has the characteristics of romanticism by showing off his supernatural side which is reflected into his writings. In this quote from the premature burial, “ The face assumed the usual pinched and sunken outline. The lips were of the usual marble power power pay L The lips were of the…

Monraz 1 Cari Monraz Mrs. Carpenter Honors English 6 October 2015 Book X The Grace of the Witch: Reading Synopsis At the beginning of the story Odysseus continues his story about his journey for Alkinoos. He tells Alkinoos that after leaving Kyklops island, he and his crew came across the island of Aeolus, the god of wind. For a month Odysseus and his companions stayed on the island with the god, when it is time for them to leave, Aeolus presents Odysseus with a bag containing powerful storm…

Alexia Delapaz English 2332-877 Professor Brooks 28 September 2017 The Revenge Back to Hector (Preparing a body for funeral rites/burial (See Hector’s rites of fire and burial in Book 24.) Through the time of The Iliad, there were certain wreckages that provoked to the deaths and led to the burials that occurred under the oath of the gods. In The Iliad, Achilles' handling destruction of Hector is self-destructive through physical actions. Hector is clothed with Achilles' formal armor, the…

Imagine coming across a ship that came into port with sailors either dead or on the verge of death. These men are in immense pain and have black swellings about the size of eggs and apple size swells in the armpits and groin; these swells oozing and dripping with blood and pus. You would have just crossed somebody with the bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death. In Barbara Tuchman’s “This Is the End of the World: The Black Death”, she explains what the bubonic plague is and what effects…

Imagine having to use clay pottery containers to reserve your dinner or lunch in, instead of the usual hard plastic you use. Or even having to make your own clay vase or bowl instead of just going to the store and buying it. Well, that is how the Egyptians did it. The Egyptians were one of the first cultures to invent pottery. Pottery was used so frequently, the people of Egypt needed craftsmen to specialize in creating it. The uses of pottery, the procedure for making it, and the material it…

their unnamed Queen decide to devour most of Odysseus’s men. Odysseus and his remaining men flee to the ships, but…

Sophocles' play Antigone is a clear example of a tragic play. Tragic heroes, such as Creon, spend a great deal of time trying to avoid their fates. But in the end, fate prevails, and the tragic hero is doomed. Creon was an excellent character to portray as a tragic hero. He was a good person, good to his family and the people of Thebes. Creon used free will to try to avoid his fate. However, Creon has flaws that allow fate to come back and haunt him. Tragic heroes must be good in…