Theme of Revenge in The Godfather & the The Iliad

The action of Homer's epic The Iliad brings two huge armies together, one inside the walls of Troy and the other outside, as a massive act of revenge for the stealing of Helen. More immediately, though, the poem depends on the desire for revenge on the part of Achilleus. Achilleus is a great warrior, and he is also a proud man who knows his own worth and who is not shy about telling others. At the beginning of The Iliad, Homer indicates through an invocation to the muse that the theme of this work is the anger of Achilleus and its aftermath. This anger is evident from the first as Achilleus argues with Agamemnon, almost coming to blows before the intercession of the goddess Athena. Achilleus is totally dedicated to fighting and to achieving glory on the battlefield, and he does not want to hear any talk of home or family. He wants only to fight the Trojans and succeed. He has been very successful in battle, and it has m

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