Your loved ones only want the best for you. They don’t want to see you get hurt, let alone die right before their eyes. When you love someone, you forget about other things, even yourself. All your care goes to the one you love. In the case of the two epics, Iliad and Aeneid, the wives of Hector and Aeneas, Andromache and Creusa pleaded their husbands to cease their plans of fighting.
Both wives showed their care and compassion for their husbands. It can be truly be felt that Andromache and Creusa loved their husbands with all their hearts since they didn’t want them to get hurt. But despite their wives words, both heroes continued their attacks with tragic results. In the Iliad, Hector, along with his son was killed and Andromache survived. In the Aeneid, Creusa was the one who was killed. This was fate after all. It was the will of the gods.
It seems to them, that their duties overpower their wives. That is why both husbands didn’t follow the will of their wives. Hector and Aeneas were heroes. Heroes have great responsibilities to fulfill. And with great responsibilities, there are also great sacrifices.
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