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The World of the Hero: Homer (Component 1)
Quick questions on Hector, Troy and the cost of war - OCR Classical Civilisation
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How does Homer present Hector's state of mind in this passage?Show answer
Refer to the passage. [10 marks]
What is book 22?Show answer
In Book 22, Hector waits alone outside the walls while his parents Priam and Hecabe beg him to come inside. When Achilles approaches, Hector at first flees, chased three times around the city. Athene, in the guise of his brother Deiphobus, deceives him into standing his ground; realising he has been abandoned by the gods, Hector resolves to die with glory and is killed. His death, and the dragging of his corpse, is felt as the symbolic fall of Troy itself.
What is q1?Show answer
Read a passage from Iliad Book 22 in which Hector decides to face Achilles. How does Homer present Hector's state of mind in this passage? Refer to the passage.
What is q2?Show answer
'The women of the Iliad are its most powerful voices.' To what extent do you agree? [marked out of 20; real H408/11 tariff is 30]
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