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Part 2 have chosen Achilles and Agamemnon. For Achilles, his modern equivalent could be Gordon Gekko from the movie "Wall Street." There are so many things that these characters have in common. First of all, they are both unreasonably proud and willing to go to any length to achieve their goals, even if that means hurting people and individuals around them, breaking society rules (in Gekko's case, these are legal rules of the society, in the case of Achilles, these are conventions that he needs to respect) or destroying people around. There is no law or rule for these characters except the one they decide to make for themselves.

At the same time, both show a strange candor in different moments of their lives. Achilles has a special friendship for Patrocles that makes him go to all length to...

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He is also generous in recognizing that Hector was a true and honorable opponent and in returning his body to Priam. Gordon Gekko also seems a tender father and plays with his kid in several scenes in the movie. He is generous in giving money to his protege, Bud Fox.
The other character I would choose is Agamemnon. Agamemnon could probably be well compared with any modern leader, but I would choose Napoleon Bonaparte, who was also a good general. Both of them were ruthless in reaching their military ambitions and the loss of human life did not seem to have any impact on them. At the same time, they both seemed to have a good relationship with their troops and were loved by their soldiers (we don't know too much about this in Agamemnon's case, though it was certainly true for Napoleon).

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