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   1# Ransom
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   3Goddess Iris
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   5Ransom - individual change (Priam). Invictus - *societal* change
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   7## Quotes
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   9"...and with howls that in their pain and desolation must have seemed bearlike..." Achilles re. Hector, p.45  
  10"...he is by nature doubtful" Priam, p.46  
  11"He feels bold now, defiant. Sure of his decision" Priam before confronting Hecuba, p. 49
  12"...their noble Achilles..." Hecuba, p.51
  13"...she is more tied to convention than she believes" Hecuba, p.55
  14"...the body of my son Hector, all his limbs newly restored and shining, restored and _ransomed_." Priam re. dream, p.56
  15'You expect that... jackal, that noble bully, to be moved by this touching pantomime?" Hecuba re. Priam's proposal to Achilles, p.57
  16"...to vent their spite on him..." Hecuba re. Greeks stabbing Achilles after his death, p.57
  17"Something impossible. Something new" Priam re. what to do, p.58
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  19## Humility
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  21- "What I do is what any man might do" Priam, p.59
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  23## Vivid imagery/gore
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  25- Hecuba & Priam's hands, p.50
  26- "Oh, if I could get my hands on that butcher I'd tear his heart out and eat it raw!" Hecuba, p.51
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  28## Fatherhood
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  30- "Seven times now I've grieved for a son lost in this war" Priam, p.52
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  32## Part II
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  34Priam - difficulty sleeping (began after death of Hector). Due to grief from Hector's death. Priam senses presence of gods. Iris - pp.41, 47.
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  36Priam argues that in order to fully serve as king his must experience "ordinary" life.
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  38"wrestling with dark thoughts" p.40  
  39"lies sleepless" Priam  
  40"the grief that racks him is not only for his son... it is also for his kingdom" re. Priam  
  41"he knows from long experience what is expected from him" p.41  
  42"it is also a kingdom ravaged and threatened with extinction" Priam's dread p.40  
  43Priam feels he must embody Troy itself, not just representing it/acting within it  
  44Priam never grew out of his childhood, feels he is still being mocked.  
  45"Only I know what it costs to be such an object" Priam re. childhood  
  46"the thing that is needed to cut this knot we are all tied in is something that has never been done or thought of... something new" Priam re. his society, p.58
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  48# Invictus
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  50The opening scene of *Invictus* introduces a nation of oppression and conflict, whilst referencing a time of change and upheaval. This is symbolised by the rough nature of rugby and the chaotic atmosphere of the streets and the