Part one of term paper
The competition for power and ultimate victory is continuous throughout . Several characters including gods and men, attempt to assume authority and rule in order to fulfill personal endeavors and obtain self-gratification. However, it is often that by themselves, these strong figures cannot carry out the tasks that they wish to accomplish. I ...

Part two of term paper
... He acts such as a tantrum-throwing child does when Pallus Athene disallows him from continuing his argument. To prove his point, he has to ask his mother to go to Zeus, and plead for him to help the Trojans so “that Atreus’ son wide-ruling Agamemnon may recognize his madness, that he did no honor to the best of the Achaians” (I, 411-412) Achilleus puts himself above the rest of the Achaians, but does not act accordingly to the position he claims for himself. He forgets that as leader, the ...