This essay was the first essay I have had to write for this class. I feel that it went alright. At first, it was really hard to figure out how to write 2 pages about the topic, but once I got passed the introduction paragraph, it came easily to me. It also opened up new techniques that I could use in the future for different classes. This essay was about the Trojan War and how fate played a role in the war.
Cameron Brodmerkel
Block B.
Mr.McCoy
3/20/18
English 9.
In the Iliad, fate is something the Greeks strongly believe in. It controls the course of the war by planning everyone’s actions before it happens. Fate has planned everyone’s lives and what will happen to them. The Greeks and Trojans believe that if they do not accept their fate, then something bad will happen to them. This would show the Greeks that fate is real. They believed the gods had planned their future for them. Fate plays a role in this story when Patroclus, as he is dying, tells Hector that he will die in the same spot. The red rain also shows fate. It showed that Zeus was going to do something if they didn’t stop fighting. Fate decided which side would win the war.
Patroclus decides that he would wear Achilles’ armor into battle. This would trick the other side into thinking that they were fighting Achilles. While Patroclus is in battle, Apollo comes up behind him and knocks the helmet off. This reveals who is really under the armor to the fighters. They end up killing Patroclus, but before they do, he tells Hector his fate. Pactroclus says, “Death stands close to you also, here in this same gate, and at the hand of the lord Achilles whose armor I wear.” This meant that Hector’s fate was to die in that same spot. This did happen, as Patroclus had said, and it helped shape who would win the war.
Another way that fate played a role in the war was the red rain. This told them that if they didn’t end the fighting and the war, then Zeus would do something to them. They didn’t listen to the warning sign. They had new confidence in themselves. Each side thought they had the upper ground on the other. Both sides lost important warriors. The fighting continued. They lost their great men because they hadn’t listened to the warning signs Zeus had shown them. Because they lost men, each side suffered. They had to keep fighting though. Neither side was willing to give up.