After studying carefully Achilles’ long answer to the ambassadors (168-171), list some reasons why Achilles spurns Agamemnon’s generous truce offer. (Who is “the man who says one thing and thinks another” [line 318]?) Do you think his reasons are good ones? Why or why not? What emotions and thoughts strike you as most important in this speech and why?

After studying carefully Achilles’ long answer to the ambassadors (168-171), list some reasons why Achilles spurns Agamemnon’s generous truce offer. (Who is “the man who says one thing and thinks another” [line 318]?) Do you think his reasons are good ones? Why or why not? What emotions and thoughts strike you as most important in this speech and why?

Asked on 25.10.2018 in Literature.
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