Topic > Reflection on the Iliad - 1201

In this way, the audience can understand the pain and growth of the characters in certain situations. In many stories sometimes the narrator wants to construct conflicts so that the audience can see the character in a real-life state showing their compassion towards certain outcomes. In the Iliad, Homer describes how Achilles suffers the death of his friend: "He, groaning deeply: "To this incurable pain, not even the favor of Thunder brings relief. Patroclus - Ah! - say, goddess, can I boast a pleasure now? revenge itself is lost;” (Homer 232) in doing so Homer underlines Achilles' regret for having sent Patroclus to fight in his place. Now, devastated by the death of his friend, it brings an atmosphere seen in the story because Achilles is known for revenge shows that when someone suffers deeply, sometimes the person goes out of their way to avenge the fallen. Homer also introduces a side of Achilles that the audience probably wouldn't have thought would happen in remorse over Hector's death, Priam, Hector's father begs and pleads to have his son back, “These words inspire sweet pity to the chief, touched by the dear memory of his father, the old man's cheek gently turned now each in turn indulged the gush of grief; and now the confused tides flow together: one father and the other a son deplore: and now his friend. The infectious