Sympathy or Empathy?

   To sympathize is to feel another persons pain while empathy on the other hand is to understand one's pain. Two different words with almost the same meaning.Though, what should one feel towards the Trojan war? Sympathy or empathy?
  I personally feel empathy for them.For both sides actually. Both sides had something to fight for and that something is precious to them. The fall of Troy brought grief to many yet on the other hand we could see the Greeks suffering too yet they made a way and stood back on their feet. While the Trojan's had a lot of time to catch up. And why wouldn't I say sympathy? Because such strong emotion is not needed to be poured down. Both had something in common and that's anger and revenge. Something that makes me not want to sympathized them but we're all humans and commit mistakes. But even so there's nothing a calm and clean conversation can't do.
  Losing something can make anyone do reckless things that some day they'd regret. Some people would take this very serious and take revenge. Revenge can't always be the answer to every problem, some people just have to take it in positively and let go of the things that they know would bring them somewhere far away from happiness.

To Win is to Lose

   Life will always be there to give you those circumstances in life that just makes you wanna give up everything. And in every man's success there's always that hidden failure in it. Some may know and some may not. Others don't take it as a failure and just ignore it. 
  Like Aeneas, we all now that he had won almost every battle he had fought and in the end claimed his prize. With pride and satisfaction that he had reached the destined place for him and his comrades. This really sums up the whole theme of Aeneas' travel. Though behind his great success comes a tragic consequence. He saw it coming. He knew that someday his most cherished wife shall be parted from him and forever be gone in the pits of loneliness. Aeneas also lost the trust of Dido who died in a suicide and cursed Aeneas. These were one of the terrible incidents that had happened throughout Aeneas' journey and he stood remarkable.
   Even though Aeneas has underwent through a lot of misfortune there were also some instances that gave him strength. Like the death of his father. This obstacles in his life didn't just gave him stress it gave him something to fight for. And because of this he gained his prize.

Decisions to Make, Concenquences to Take

     Life truly is full of its ups and downs. When one makes a certain decision it could be for the good or for the worse. There are several things to consider for one decision to be made. There are also these hindrances that everyone comes across with. And one of these are love and responsibility. It has always been and always will be. 
    One of the characters mentioned in Illiad and Aeneid were Aeneas and his wife Creusa and Hector and his wife Andromache . These characters were one of the highlights of the said novels. They were also the one who had to deal with such consequences. It was either one persons life or a million deaths.
   Aeneas was a brave man of Troy. He was tough and a very responsible guy that many knew. Though in his journey he had to choose. To lose his most beloved wife or to continue what has been destined for him. Being an understandable wife Creusa was left aside and let Aeneas continue his journey.  On the other hand Hector was about to go in a battle which meant life or death. This made Andromache pretty worried making her plead. She begged for him to not continue this but Hector had a responsibility to do. This responsibility was something that a man should make up. He must man up himself and set aside what's becoming an obstruction to him. And so he did.
   Responsibility takes a lot of effort, time and patience. Let's not forget that sometimes sacrificing something or someone is also essential for one thing to be done. The truth hurts but we just have to stay strong and just accept what destiny and fate has brought us.