Throughout the text, the main characters seem to be in a constant battle with their different emotions. This internal conflict is mirrored by the everyday conflicts between the gods. Just as Zeus and Hera are constantly at odds with each other, so are the different sides of Achilles: his cultural responsibility, pride, honor, and revenge. No one is completely at peace with their conflicting emotions in the Iliad – and so neither are the gods, who represent these emotions. Hector is a great example of a human being who finds himself torn between two forces: his love for his growing family and his duty as the prince of Troy. He admits to Andromache that he worries about his own mortality, but points out that "I would die of shame to face the men of Troy...if I retreated from the battle now, like a coward." (Homer 6:523, 525). Hector's deeply held sense of honor and loyalty to his country is clearly established early in the text. Therefore, when Zeus later grants Hector "the power to kill, and kill till you make your way to the ships on the bench" (Homer 11:241-242), it is not too much to attribute Hector's self-effacing perseverance to his education and his rigid sense of duty, rather than to