Odysseus 'The Fall Of Troy'

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The Fall of Troy

•Do you think it was right for the Greeks to win their victory through a trick? Explain.


◦I think that the Greek winning through a trick was perfectly fair because it was the Trojans fault that they let their guards down for enough time for the Greeks to think of a plan that was going to be simple to achieve.



•Almost all the Greeks have great difficulty reaching their homes again. Some will even meet with death on their return journey. For some, like Odysseus, it will take them many years to reach their home. Do they deserve these fates? Explain.


◦I think that the Greeks do not deserve these fates because they were trying to get the war over with in order to have a safe home and settle into a peaceful kingdom and not having to worry about someone killing …show more content…

Explain.


◦War, in my opinion, should be humane because everyone deserves a fair chance to become a victor in a fair way. Never giving up or never showing mercy is no longer being a ruthless war adventurer, it’s being a murderous, blood thirsty monster.



•Should Philoctetes have killed Pyrrhus? Would his death have changed anything? Explain.


◦I think that when Philoctetes did not kill Pyrrhus was a greater impact than if he were to kill him because then if he decided to kill Pyrrhus, he would have been going against his original statement in towards Pyrrhus that murder was only a blood thirsty act of a beast, and by killing him, it would have ruined his reputation around the camp and it would also put a heavy blanket of guilt on his conscious.



•Philoctetes says that Greece fell along with Troy, what does he mean?


◦Philoctetes meant that when Odysseus and the Greeks hid inside the horse, it was an unfair approach for war and to finish out the Trojans, not only that, but the Greeks were killing innocent women and children in the war and does not count as a true, noble move.



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