Hector's Use Of Archetypes In The Iliad

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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. …show more content…

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

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