Homework: Wednesday 10/9/13
Read just the Death of Hector from the Iliad on the tile above. Then watch the video clip of the battle between Hector and Achilles from the movie Troy. When you have read and watched the clip, in a document in your Google Drive, answer the following questions.
1. How different were the reading and video clip from one another, even though they cover the same scene and topic? Give specific examples.
2. In both, which character seemed to be more confident that they were going to win and who was sure they were going to lose? Give specific examples.
3. What type of qualities (honor, rage, courage, sadness, remorse, etc.) do Achilles and Hector display during their interactions? Give specific examples.
4. What does Hector ask of Achilles in both the reading and the movie clip before they start fighting?
5. What is Achilles attitude during all of this? What are his motives to kill Hector?
1. How different were the reading and video clip from one another, even though they cover the same scene and topic? Give specific examples.
2. In both, which character seemed to be more confident that they were going to win and who was sure they were going to lose? Give specific examples.
3. What type of qualities (honor, rage, courage, sadness, remorse, etc.) do Achilles and Hector display during their interactions? Give specific examples.
4. What does Hector ask of Achilles in both the reading and the movie clip before they start fighting?
5. What is Achilles attitude during all of this? What are his motives to kill Hector?