Achilles Essay The ability to remain true to one’s own virtues is a trying task. Religious convictions are capable of altering choices one may make. I find it admirable when one is capable of letting their religious convictions have precedence over their own feelings. Having integrity towards one’s self and standing firm in decisions based on that integrity is also just as admirable. Throughout Homer’s Iliad Achilles’s unwavering integrity to himself …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…that bribes have no effect on him. Achilles’s ability to stay true to his choices, even in times of grief, took strength. Moreover, his ability to step outside his own rage and obey the will of the gods required a resolute devotion to his belief in them. By committing himself completely to his own integrity and his religious convictions Achilles not only proves himself as an admirable character but also a man of substance