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y; April 12; 2008
Today I got a break from my strict; no�ruffles schedule and watched a movie entitled “Troy”。 The film was so fascinating that it engr*ed its inspiring dialogues on my mind。 I found it hard to resist the strong desire to write down my erupting thoughts and emotions inspired by the movie。
After Achilles; the br*est and most skillful warrior and one of the kings of Greece; kills Hector (the movie’s hero and prince of Troy); Briseis; the woman Achilles deeply in love with and cousin of Hector; condemns him for his unyielding vengeance with a broken heart: “You lost your cousin; now you’ve taken mine。 When will it end?” “It never ends。” This is the cold reply from Achilles; a man born to fight; yet the endless revenge is the cruel reality。 Sometimes; humans are misled by too many things; such as greed; hatred。 Sense of revenge is the devil that manipulates humans into destroying。 Unfortunately humans all forget that tolerance is the most powerful weapon against vengeance。
“The gods envy us。 They envy us because we are mortals; because any moment may be our last。 Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed。” This is what Achilles tells Briseis when they argue over the issue of belief in gods。 Achilles philosophy is apparent: Mortal life is ephemeral; yet impermanence is exactly where the beauty lies in life。
The movie offered a new cause of the war contrary to the archaic way of interpreting the reason for the war of Troy; which claimed that the beauty Helen is the bane of peace。 In fact; there is no such a thing as beauty bane。 It was not her fault; a marriage to an old man like Menelaus was a disaster for a young beauty dreaming of romance。 She has the right to pursue freedom and happiness。 It is Agamemnon who is to be