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Iliad
Structure
Ring Composition
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The plot follows the structure of
mirroring
events that go ABCDCBA
"A" events in ring composition include Books 1 and 24 where a
father
comes as a supplicant (Chryses and Priam) to ask for their
child's return.
The first fight scene in book
3
contains a
duel
between Menelaus and Paris and the last fight scene contains a duel between Achilles and Hector
Nestor's ring composition speech in book 1
A Nestor entreaties
Achilles
to accept his advice
B Gives the
advice
(and people in the past listened)
C He tells his own
story
B Gives the advice (and people in the past listened)
A Nestor entreaties Achilles to accept his advice
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