BRUTALITY OF ACHILLES

 Who is Achilles? 
     
      Achilles,a legendary Warrior who fought in the Trojan wars.Son of the mortal Peleus and the nymph of Thesis.He is immortal because when he was a child,his mother dip him in the Styx River while holding by his left ankle. Therefore, the only portion of him that is not immortal is his heels and that is his weakness.

     Achilles seek revenge against Proclus and Hector because this two man executed his friend.He is Planning to kill Hector Where his life serves as the exchange for his friend's death.And the fight had began, Achilles defeat Hector  by driving the spear point through his tender neck.


And when Hector is loosing his stength and dying, he said this line:
            by your knees,your parents--don't let dog eat me
            by Achaean ships. No you should accept 
            all the bronze and gold you might desire,
            gifts my father and lady mother you give you,
            if you'll send my body home again,
            so Trojans and Trojans' wives can bury me,
            with all the necessary funeral rites"   
                 ( 22.440-449.230)


Then the brutal Achilles replied:           
            "Don't whine to me,you dog, about my knees
              or parents. I wish I had the heart and strength
             to carve you up and eat you raw myself
             for what you've then we done to me.So there's no one
            who'll keep the dogs from going at your head,
            not even if they bring here and weigh out
            a ransom ten or twenty times as much ,
            with promises of more,or if Priam,
             son of Dardanus, says he'll pay your weight in gold.
           Not even then will your mother 
           set you on a funeral bed and there lament
           the son she bore. Instead, the dogs and birds 
           will eat you up( 22.450-459.230)
    And Hector was no longer alive and his soul is fly off to Hades.But Achilles is not  yet convince, he torture Hector even if Hector is no longer alive.And this is the Proof how Achilles is so brutal:"Achilles finished. Then on the noble Hector's corpse
          he carried out a monstrous act.He cut through 
          the tendons behind both feet ,from heel to ankle,  
          threaded them with ox-hide thongs, and then tied these
          onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind.
         He climb up in his chariot, brought on splendid  armour,
          then lashed his horses .They sped off eagerly, 
         dragging Hector. A dust cloud rose above him,
        his dark hair spread out around him, and Hector's head ,  
       once so handsome, was covered by the dust, for Zeus   
         had given him to his enemies to dishonour
        in his own native land. So all his head grew dirty
            (22. 520-529.230-231)  
          

      

GREAT WOMAN

           MELCHORA AQUINO, also known as "TANDANG SORA", is one of the great contributors in the Philippines History. During the Spanish Era, on the month of August 1896, many Filipino Revolutionaries specially the Katipuneros were tortured by the Spaniards for the reason that, the Spaniards were alarmed by the acts and plans of the Filipinos that involves their revolution against them   . Some Katipuneros had escaped from the Spaniards and they hid in the forest.There they met Melchora Aquino,a good,well mannered and hospitable woman. She help all the Katipuneros who escaped with the Spaniards. She cured their wounds , fed them, give some money, and took them to the place which is not familiar with  the Spaniards. And every time when Filipinos asking for help with her, she never insisted.She is different from other people because she have a very clean heart, she is willing to help others.she is also a brave woman  because even if she knew that she will be in danger if she help all the Katipuneros, but she still did it with no risk. She did that because Melchora Aquino love the people around her, she is willing to sacrifice her own life just to make sure that her people is safe from the  Spaniards...


Melchora Aquino is my Heroine because i want people who helps and is kind to others and she deserve it......




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