Can someone plz tell me what the messages of these two books are??? I read the books, I just cant find out the message. Please, I really need them a.s.a.p! Thanks!!!:D
2007-09-03 01:45:35 · 4 answers · asked by cutie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The message of A Christmas Carol is surely that it is better to be nice to people than nasty. You will reap what you sow. it is, however, typical Victorian sentimentality and there are plenty of people who have gone through life doing exactly as they want and not suffering any adverse effects. I'm not sure The Iliad has a message. It was a story handed down for hundreds of years by word of mouth as people sat in the dark listening to the bards.
2007-09-03 02:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I believe A Christmas Carol really is, as it seems to be, about Christmas. Christmas was a Dickens obsession; he wrote a whole lot about it, almost invented what we think of as an old-fashioned Christmas. If you don't like that, it's about the fact that people who love are happier than those who don't. That's not sentimental, particularly; it's true.
I think the Iliad is about "the wrath of Achilles", isn't it ? Try this site:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Iliad.id-26,pageNum-91.html
2007-09-03 09:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by bonitakale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Iliad's message is about the folly of pride.
Christmas Carol's message is about the folly of greed.
2007-09-03 10:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by speranzacampbell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Illiad is mainly about Achilles' wrath and honor in battle. Achilles was the one person in Greek history who could become fully consumed in mensis, or rage. In the book, he starts out as a savage killing machine, and after the death of his friend, he softens and no longer sees death as this glorious thing, but he knows it is his destiny and cannot avoid it. Hector, also knows that his destiny is to do die at the sword of Achilles. After Hector has died, Achilles tries to get over his friend's death by dishonoring the corpse of Hector, but it doesn't help, and once Hector's father, the king of Troy, comes to get him, Achilles allows him to leave with the body.
That's kind of it a nut shell, but for more detail go to sparknotes. Achilles is a very complicated character, and there's simply too much for me to list to do him proper justice.
2007-09-03 09:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by Erin H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋