As humans we are gifted (or cursed depending on how you look at it) with certain inescapable traits. Homer does an excellent job showing the traits through the heroes of the Iliad. This essay will discuss how the basic human nature of a few of Homer’s characters determines their fate. Everybody knows that no one is perfect. Even the mythological men and women that Homer writes about make mistakes. In book one Agamemnon refuses …showed first 75 words of 813 total…

…showed last 75 words of 813 total…one another’s lives but because they happened to have relatives that were friendly they decided not to fight and even swapped armor. Homer does an excellent job in the Iliad of showing how certain human traits can carve out someone’s future. Achilleus had the opportunity to be the greatest human that ever lived but his nature kept him in check. It is up to people to realize the characteristics they cannot escape and