Patroklos and Hektor
Patroklos and Hektor are victims of war and internal, delusional passion. Their deaths are intertwined, as they are both the causualties of Achilles lack of spirit or internal death. The deaths of these two men help to illistrate Homers outlook on war. These two men are like James Bond, fighting a cold war that is not their own. Like any good patriot in the days of the Iron Curtain they dehumanize the enemy. Like children they become enraged at thoughts of the “enemy” though neither side knows exactly why they are fighting. These two men have the most spirit of anyone in the war. Homer tries to establish both of these fighters as individual men by showing their loyalties, their loves and depicting their downfalls with brutal h
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Iron Curtain, Patroklos Hektor, Trojans Akhaians, James Bond, Ironically Patroklos, patroklos hektor, Hektor Tragedy, refused fight,
Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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