Essay On Bury Ajax

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In addition, these characters want to bury Ajax, as his honour as a man and a warrior would be at stake otherwise. As mentioned before, if an individual’s body is left to decay, in fact it is a slap to the deceased individuals dignity and life as it exemplifies that this individual had no one in his lifetime that cared for him, which could have potentially inclined them to safeguard his body through burying him. Essentially through the burial of Ajax, it would be evident to the citizens of Troy, that he was of importance, and his honour as a warrior will be forever remembered. Moving forward to another idea, many of Ajax’s enemies used his past errors, and questionable morality for slaughtering farm animals, as a reason to why he should not be buried. Nonetheless, Teucer stands up for him, through attempting to display to others of his …show more content…

(Dutta 81) Teucer knew that his belief in the right of this deceased warrior to be able to be buried, was not foolish, as Ajax is entitled for this right through his caring acts and commitment towards saving Troy. In addition, one by one, Teucer rejects the false accusations stated by the enemies of Ajax, for instance when Tecmessa stated, “we hated one another. You knew that”, Teucer proved to him that what else could have Ajax done as “you were caught stealing votes from him”. (Dutta 83) Evidently, with the second quote one can comprehend that it is rather Ajax who is the victim in many situations, as the individuals he trusts in the world, are the ones who end up betraying him for instance, Tecmessa, the judges, and the Athena. This goddess washed over Ajax madness merely because he was disappointed regarding losing the sword to Odysseus, specifically stating, “I checked his desperate killing spree, and cast dark delusions over his

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