The Iliad is not only a narrative of epic battles and armies, but also of the redemption of a man ruled by wrath. Achilles, whose wrath is the driving force of the whole tale, experiences redemptive changes in the following ways .Firstly by being able to experience empathy, secondly by being willing to forgive those who his wrath was kindled against ,and finally by being able to release the sinister emotions that ruled his life. Achilles does not experience a total redemption in a biblical sense, but instead experiences partial redemption of his character. The Iliad is a novel of a humanistic redemption that does not fully grasp the Christian sense of the word but is nevertheless still redemption. The first way The son of Thetis experiences incomplete redemption is by being able to experience empathy. Achilles throughout the majority of the Iliad is a selfish man who does not understand or care for the feelings or thoughts of others. He conceitedly allows the Greeks to lose a massive number of troops due to his quarrel with Agamemnon and seems content with the fact that his enmity has brought about the end of his own comrades. He seems to think of himself as above all other mortals and is prepared to do as he desires with them. Achilles is so fallen into a pit of dander and apathy that even after achieving his vengeance by killing Hektor, his fury is The son of Thetis is still so wrathful that he dishonors the corpse of the prince of troy in heinous ways. The thought that his actions could cause great suffering for others was inconceivable to him, due to the
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