1. My opinion of Achilles still remains the same. Just because he has some emotion, doesn't mean he's changed. Priam asks Achilles to remember Hector, and his father. Priam and Achilles cry because they're grieving over their son and father who they've lost. Achilles shows hospitality to Priam by feeding him, giving him food, and by letting him stay the night. Achilles agrees to not attack Troy in 12 days so Troy can have a proper burial for Hector.
2. I feel more sympathetic for both Achilles and Priam. Not only does Priam lose his son, but Achilles realizes something about himself, he's compassionate and he does have some emotion towards Hector. Priam needs to stop grieving over Hector.
3. Achilles is defined by his anger. Achilles other qualities that are revealed in this episode white Priam are compassion, fear, grief, sorrow, and checks his own behavior.
4. Greeks believe that fate cannot be changed, it's something you are born with and you cannot fix it. Zeus's passage about jars doesn't really make me have an understanding.
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