THE FORMIDABLE WARRIOR

A godlike warrior who fights with his own rules, he is none other than, the unmerciful Achilles. A famous figure of the novel "The Iliad", made known by Homer. He is a great warrior of the Achaeans. Honored by his comrades and feared by his enemies. Treaties and agreements are for coward hearts, this is his rule. Pity is nowhere in his vocabulary. For this man, battles and wars will define the winner.

His monstrous acts frightened the enemies. Many were afraid of his animal like way of killing people. An example is what he did to another honored warrior, the magnificent Hector in “THE ILIAD” Book 22. The fight showed how invincinble and merciless Achilles was. Without any doubt, he won the battle and achieved another glory.

Achilles finished. Then on noble Hector’s corpse
he carried out a monstrous act. He cut through
the tendons behind both feet, from heel to ankle,
threaded them with ox-hide thongs, and then tied these
onto his chariot, leaving the head to drag behind.
he climbed up his chariot, brought on the splendid armour,
then lashed his horses. They sped off eagerly (22.512-518.231).

These lines portrayed his monstrosity as he showed no mercy to a dead opponent. It only proves that Achilles is a man with a metal heart. He desired for glory, too much glory, to the point of longing to be a full blooded god with boundless strength and power. The following lines proved his thirst for achieving something a normal person is incapable of. Again, from “THE ILIAD” Book 22.

You’ve robbed me out of glory, saving them
with ease, since you don’t have to be afraid
of future retribution. I’d make you pay
if only I am powerful enough. (22.26-29.220

 Truly, Achilles is someone to be afraid of. His views and opinions about life and death reflect his brutality. A true digger of glory and power. For me, Achilles may be physically strong, but his perception about everything will lead him to be spiritually weak. 
However, we all know that every individual is fated to live and to die. No matter how strong a person is, once death approaches, the only thing to do  is accept the fact that nothing stays permanently. Just as how Achilles is fated to die in the hands of Paris and Apollo regardless of how powerful he is.

Ramirez, Veronica, E. English Across Continents. Makati City, Phils.
Diwa Learning Systems Inc. 2010 Print.