Books And Covers
Overtime people have said “don't judge a book by its cover” to a great extent, so how can this relate to the archetype “evil figure with an ultimately good heart” from literature to actual life? Many people see “evil figure with the ultimately good heart” troubling at first, but later they see that figure/person really has a good heart. The archetype “evil figure with the ultimately good heart” can relate to actual life from looking at the story of the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Hector in The Iliad, and police in the recent brutality crimes.
Beauty and the Beast has been a written and beloved story for a long time, but the archetypal “evil figure with the ultimately good heart” relates to this story through the Beasts’ and Belle's troubles.
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First, when Belle gets punished to stay with the Beast forever in place of her father's life, she is very scared of the beast because he is always angry. When Belle is informed that she has to stay forever she states, “The beast is going to kill me tonight” (Beaumont 5). Little does Belle know the Beast was cast a spell by a witch and he was turned into a beast until he found a woman that loves him for him. Also, Belle doesn't know the Beast is angry all the time because he is remorseful of himself and does not like his perception. Secondly, the Beast's’ mind was determined to kill Belle's father at first, but when he saw how loving and courageous she was for taking her father's place, he thought she might be the one to break the spell. Lastly, the Beast ask Beauty to marry him and she declines, but then he starts to die after she leaves for a while, and she tells him he loves him. This sparks the transformation back to a human “sometimes a bad witch puts a spell on a prince and only true love can break the spell. Now your love is true” (Beaumont 18) he explains to her once he is converted into a human. They soon married, and lived happily ever after. This relates to this archetype because the Beast looked and acted scary, but when it all said and done he just wanted a wife that loves him for him. The Iliad isn't something people would think could fit in with the archetypal “evil figure with the ultimately good heart” but that isn't all the way true.
In the chapter of Achilles Armor, Achilles sends his cousin Patroclus into war wearing his armor. When he goes into battle the opposing side are in thought that Patroclus is Achilles because he is in his armor. Hector, the leader of his side, has his mind set on killing Achilles. Because Patroclus was there instead of Achilles. Hector thought Patroclus was Achilles and kills him. When Achilles challenges Hector in a fight against him, Achilles states “Dogs and ravens shall tear your flesh unburied hound, I will tear and eat your flesh myself, if I could bear to do it” (Sutcliff 89).Although this quote may seem brutal it must be understood that Achilles is also a warrior. Achilles has a special gift to where his only weak spot is his heal and hector does not so when they fought hector died. Hector's father, King Priam begs Achilles for Hector's body back and eventually gets it. The archetypal relates to this story because Hector looked pretty bad killing Patroclus but at the same time, he was just doing his job.. And that was to
kill. Over years police all over America have gotten a really bad rap about the killings of innocent people, but with that comes people believing that police are killing because of race of some people. People have been protesting rallies with hundreds of people on streets yelling things like “Black lives matter” all over America. Omari McCleary, a Brooklyn native said this about the racial stress among police, “But I have gotten stopped and frisked and right outside of work in a business suit. So it's definitely a racial thing or racially charged in some way (“Quotes About”).” Some people sense police brutality through race from numerous different cases or statistics. For example, the statistics show of 990 people killed by police in 2015, 258 of them were African American. Also, other statistics show the African Americans made up 28% of 440 police shootings and whites made up 54% of people as of July 9th of this year (MacDonald).Even though media has made people believe police are racially set up to kill, the statistics show that African Americans aren't really a big part of police killings. A case really struck the attention of racial killings by police from the Trayvon Martin case in 2013. This case involves a security guard by the name of George Zimmerman that killed the young teenager, Trayvon Martin, as an act of self-defense. People say that Trayvon Martin was doing nothing but being a teen. His mother made the comment, “My son did not deserve to die” as everyone started to see who Trayvon really was. However, the court found Zimmerman acquittal for the murder of the young Trayvon Martin, an African American that never had his side spoken (Demby). Soon after media gets involved the story changes. So though it looks like some police are made look bad by other police, does not mean they are. It could've been something as simple as social media. All together the saying “Don't judge a book by its cover” relates to these stories and cases by Hector, just doing his job and fighting for his people, Beast just wanting a wife that loves him for him, and the police, by having a hard time proving that not all police are bad and that they just want to help. Today's people do not understand how important it is to know this archetype and realize that not everyone is bad and that some people may look bad but that doesn't mean they are bad, that could just mean they are having a bad day. For example it's like a waitress and leaving tips, if a waitress has bad service to you or your family, then you should still leave a tip because they could just be having a bad day like everyone else does.
Everyone remembers the nasty villains that terrorize the happy people in fairy tales. Indeed, many of these fairy tales are defined by their clearly defined good and bad archetypes, using clichéd physical stereotypes. What is noteworthy is that these fairy tales are predominately either old themselves or based on stories of antiquity. Modern stories and epics do not offer these clear definitions; they force the reader to continually redefine the definitions of morality to the hero that is not fully good and the villain that is not so despicable. From Dante’s Inferno, through the winding mental visions in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, spiraling through the labyrinth in Kafka’s The Trial, and culminating in Joyce’s abstract realization of morality in “The Dead,” authors grapple with this development. In the literary progression to the modern world, the increasing abstraction of evil from its classic archetype to a foreign, supernatural entity without bounds or cure is strongly suggestive of the pugnacious assault on individualism in the face of literature’s dualistic, thematically oligopolistic heritage.
In fact, Belle is not actively seeking love, but rather stumbles onto it, as a consequence of her own bravery and sacrifice. The relationship that grows between the beauty and the Beast is often the target of criticism as it can be perceived as Stockholm’s syndrome on Belle’s part and is seen to advocate that women should remain with their loved ones even if they are abusive. This is aspect of the film is condemned as it suggest that, somehow and through love, the abusive husband or lover can better himself. And although one can read the film as such, another could see that Beauty and the Beast is the tale of a woman who enters a man’s life and initiates and reciprocally healing and growing bond: Belle learns to see beyond someone’s appearance, and the Beast learns to let other people in. This is literally reflected by his complete forbiddance to have any visitors in his castle as the castle symbolizes his soul. This relationship of equals demonstrates that, contrarily to Disney films such as Cinderella or even The Little Mermaid where all a man or a woman need to fall in love is to set eyes on one another, without having to know anything about each other, or even share a discussion. The Disney princess here is not a princess but a villager, and Prince Charming is not charming but rather temperamental. The unusual end of the animated feature also mirrors this unusual
In Disney classics, if characters like the Beast can be misconstrued by Belle, everyday people could commit a similar crime. Beauty and the Beast was more than a story about love, it was a story about misjudgement. In a way, I have my own version, except mine did not end in a happily ever after.
In Book 21, Achilles kills a hostage at his mercy, whose life he has sparred in the past. By the end of Book 21, Achilles has killed so many Trojan’s that the river is clogged with the bodies of his victims. Achilles behaves without a care for human life, as well as his treatment toward Hector before and after he kills him. As stated in Blucher’s article, Achilles is found to go berserk, committing atrocities to both living and dead. This, for Shay, is the story of the Iliad and also as Shay goes on to demonstrate, the story of many Vietnam combat veterans”. (Blucher). Before their battle Hector begs Achilles to honor his corpse if he is killed in war, and Achilles refuse, saying, “Don’t try to cut any deals with me, Hector. Do lions make peace treaties with men? Do wolves and lambs agree to get along? No, they hate each other to the core, And that’s how it is between you and me, No talk of agreements until one of us Falls and gluts Ares with his blood” (Homer). His statement of intent to dishonor Hector’s corpse and to damage the body after his enemy’s death, shows that he had anger towards his superiors. The most disturbing portrayal from Achilles is his behavior, when Hector’s father Priam meets with him to ask for Hector’s body. This show Achilles’ anger is driven by rage towards other superior officers in the
The Ancient Greeks admired their heroes and tried to learn from both their achievements and their mistakes. They believed that most great leaders and warriors followed a predictable behavior cycle, which often ended tragically. In Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, Achilles is a great warrior who traces the stages of the behavior cycle twice, from arete to hubris to ate and then to nemesis. Achilles is a highly skilled warrior and a great leader who becomes a narcissist and an arrogant person, which leads to selfish and childish behavior resulting in the death of his best friend. Following Patroclus’ death, Achilles repeats the behavior cycle by regaining his courage and motivation, and goes back to battle against Hector. The pride he feels in killing Hector and his overpowering hatred for him, leads Achilles to another bad decision: disrespecting the body of his enemy. This foolish choice leads directly to Achilles death. Although The Iliad is mainly known as a story about the Trojan War, it is understood as a story about Achilles and his struggle to be a hero.
He is willing to sacrifice himself so his daughters can live in peace. Beauty offers herself up to the Beast. Poor, kind-hearted Beauty could not bear for her father to be at the Beast’s mercy, so she goes in his place. Beauty is a strong, compassionate girl who will risk her life for the ones she loves. When Beauty is with the Beast she is content with her life. She thinks the Beast is ugly and not that smart, and is still fearful of him, but she grows comfortable in his presence. As she spends more time with the Beast she also becomes more comfortable with herself and what she wants. Beauty isn’t afraid to ask Beast for something she wants, like seeing her father. While Beauty has been with the Beast her father has been dying of grief, with no one to take care of him. Beauty makes a promise to return to the Beast after a week, but her jealous sisters manipulate her into staying, and, of course, gentle Beauty just can’t leave her family behind. When Beauty finally returns to Beast she confesses to loving him, flaws and all, and Beast turns into a handsome, smart, man for Beauty to live with and
Achilles agreed that Patrokolos should wear his armor into battle, this decision along with the fact Achilles was no longer fighting, ultimately caused Patrokolos’ death. When Patrokolos died at the hands of Hektor, two things happened. First, being distraught over his friend’s death, Achilles feels responsible/ Guilt ensues but is channeled to more anger. Hektor, the slayer of Patrokolos now becomes the target of Achilles rage. Achilles is ready to fight, but more accurately ready for revenge. Achilles said, “I will not live nor go about among mankind unless Hektor fall by my spear, and thus pay me for having slain Patrokolos son of Menoetius,” (The Iliad, Chapter 18, Lines 89-91). When Achilles decided to fight, the fate of Hektor was already decided. Also, because he decided to fight, many more Trojans died. His fury with all of Troy was unleashed. Achilles killed and killed. The carnage was
People that grow up watching the classic Disney Princess movies, which give us false hope that every simple quiet girl will end up marrying a prince. The Beauty and the Beast being one of those movies, teaching us that if you fall in love with a hairy like creature he will turn into Mr. McDreamy. The bubbly Disney version of the Beauty and the Beast usually does not allow scholars to find a deeper meaning. Believe it or not, Disney did not create this classic tale. In fact, Charles Perrault wrote a darker version of it almost three centuries before. Perrault’s twisted feminist version has hidden messages and meanings still puzzling scholars today. Some say that at the end of every fairy tale he would put a rhyme that would be a hidden message to little girls. The messages presented caution about not trusting strangers or to stay true to who you are. Unlike Disney’s anti- feminist version, often characterizing girls as the damsel’s in distress, Perrault’s gives girls the look of independence. He shows young girls that they do not always need a prince charming by giving Beauty the decision that could change her life.
For example, Hector does not like to fight in battle, the only reason why he fights is because he is the only way Troy could ever win the war. However, Achilles loves the war. He even chose being a warrior over having a long life, something that Hector probably would not do. Achilles is drawn to war because of his anger. As I have previously stated, Hector is only fighting in the war because he has to fight for the city of Troy. Achilles on the other hand, does not have to fight for his city. This is because the Greeks are not being attacked. Also, Hector is human. Although his father is a wealthy king, he does not have any god- like powers. Achilles however, is a demi-god he is an exceptional warrior and great runner because of this. Also, because he is a demi-god he is only venerable in his heel. While Hector, being a human, is venerable everywhere. Lastly, Hector is not dictated by rage like Achilles. Even before their battle Hector showed respect towards Achilles. Hector did so by saying “With all the gods as witnesses, I swear: if Zeus gives me the victory over you, I will not dishonor your corps, only strip the armor and give the body back to the Greeks. Promise you’ll do the same.” (22. 281-285). Hector is the perfect foil for Achilles, everything Hector stands for and everything he is, is the polar opposite of
Most fairy tales have an underlying meaning for people to consider and use the moral to better themselves. The morals in Disney’s version of Beauty and the Beast serve the same purpose. It shows that beauty comes from within and good nature and kindness is better than wit. The message of never judge a book by its cover is the obvious moral value, however. In this film, Beauty is shown to have strong feelings toward her father. Beauty loves her father, and she takes the role of the mother by doing chores and taking care of the man of the house. She is asked several times for her hand in marriage, but she denies each of them. When beauty sees the Beast, she sees him as ugly because she is not ready for a relationship since she is still loves her father. It is not until she gets over the love for her father that she can see the Beast as a handsome prince.
Perhaps Achilles’ threat didn’t implicate cannibalism because he did not see Hector belonging to the same species as himself (i.e. men and lions, wolves and lambs). Alternatively, perhaps making an analogy between predatory animals and himself might have propelled Achilles towards near-bestial behaviour. Then, there is another reason for Achilles’ treatment of Hector’s corpse. Achilles, being from Thessaly, reenacted the Thessalian custom of dragging the corpses of murderers around the tombs of their victims. In this way, Achilles assigned Hector to a hateful class of murderers. Moreover, by dragging the corpse face down, he enacted the defacement, aiming to remove the features of Hector’s face. Overall, Achilles’ brutality was exceptional and even the gods took pity on Hector which demonstrates the severity of Achilles actions as the Greek gods were amoral and rarely showed sympathy towards the mankind. This demonstrates the extent of Achilles’ fury and hate towards Hector for killing Patroclus.
Men within the Iliad are shown to be insane, bloodthirsty people who refrain from showing any form of mercy towards others. Hector, after leaving his wife and ignoring her heartfelt warnings, heads out onto the battlefield where he proceeds to kill the Greek hero and friend of Achilles, Patroclus. As Patroclus' breath slowly slips away from him, Hector speaks words of insult aimed towards the great warrior: "And I with my spear, / Hector, shining among my combat-loving comrades, / I fight away from them the fatal day - but you, / the vultures will eat your body raw!" (439) Hector, unlike his gentle and compassionate wife Andromache, is actually an insane killer who thirsts for the blood of his enemies. He shows no mercy and attacks Patroclus
In the story, the Beast is portrayed as an awful, horrible creature (i.e a beast), but he proves that he is so much more than that by the compassion he shows to Beauty’s father, the gifts he sends for the family, the love he shows to Beauty, and, in the end, that he is not a beast at all; he is a prince. “Turning to ask the Beast what it could all mean, Beauty found that he had disappeared, and in his place stood her long-loved Prince” (Lang). On the outside Beast appears to be just that, a beast, but his character is complex and proves that although human nature is to judge by one’s outward appearance, looks can be deceiving. Beast in this quote transforms into his original form revealing just how deceiving his appearance is. Beast has to be a beast to teach this lesson and to show how appearances do not tell the whole story, so to speak. The theme, “don’t judge a book by its cover,” is especially evident through the Beast because he shows that he is not a beast, although that is the way he is
During the process of maturation, this artificial duality must be unified. In this tale, there are more of these sexual secrets that must remain unknown, and which, to be finally discovered, require a long and difficult journey that ends self-discovery before the happy ending can take place. On the contrary, in "Beauty and the Beast, "it is highly desirable that the true nature of the Beast be revealed. The discovery of this that she really is, or more precisely, the good and loving person that she is leads straight to the happy conclusion. The essence of history is not just the progress of the love of Beauty for the Beast, nor even the transfer of her attachment to her father, but her own evolution during the process. In finding that she must choose between her love for her father and her love for the Beast, she gradually realizes that the idea of opposing these two loves is an immature point of view. By transferring to her future husband the original oedipal love she felt for her father, Beauty can give him the kind of affection that will be most beneficial to him. An affection that restores his wealth and gives him a happy life close to his beloved daughter. At the same time, Beauty makes the Beast look human and both heroes will experience a happy
In the poem, Iliad, Achilles and Hector both show relative heroism in their own different ways. Achilles may have been the more popular hero, but Hector had great heroism as well. Each of these characters possess their own different strengths and weaknesses. These two characters both have pride as being one of their main weaknesses. Hector seems as if he would suit best in the modern world, but there are a few different reasons as to why the ancients may have chose Achilles. Hector and Achilles both lost a lot by letting their pride get in the way of their heroism. Both of these characters were their country’s best warrior. Achilles and Hector have very different personalities, and very different ways of approaching situations.