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I’ve been decorating a corner of my room for doing schoolwork and watching youtube, and I found a painting by my late, great grandmother in one of the closets downstairs (the snowy one on the right). She’s the only other artist in my family that I know of, but i never got to meet her, and sometimes when my mother speaks of her (as infrequently as she does), I wish I did. I searched her name and found out she had some of her paintings displayed in a museum not far from where I live. Though I have no clue if they’re still there, I plan on checking it out sometime soon.

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Something about SOA that I don’t see many people talking about (or i happen to be oblivious to it if they are) is:

How initially, Patroclus is offended by Odysseus’s implication that Achilles is merely a weapon to the army, with the whole “You can use a spear as a walking stick but that doesn’t change its purpose” (i’m paraphrasing here).

But later on in the war, once Achilles refused to fight, Patroclus sees how it impacts the army and pleads with Achilles to fight again.

Could it be possible that Achilles and Patroclus feel equally betrayed in this scenario? The fact that Patroclus is bearing the emotional toll of caring for the injured and dying men as a result of Achilles’s refusal to fight, but also the fact that Patroclus is sharing the perspective of Achilles that he had originally refuted?

I feel like this adds another layer to Achilles character and motive for his lack of action, as opposed to him simply being offended by Agamemnon. It would give a more legitimate reason for him to ignore Patroclus’s pleading beyond his pride.

Please discuss/debate this with me since i haven’t much better to do :)

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spooky photoshoot