Comparing and Contrating Achilles with Samson

Comparing and Contrasting Achilles with Samson This paper shows that Achilles and Samson have similar weaknesses and strengths. However this is only my retelling of Samson, and Achilles, although one is a fictional character and the other is a biblical figure they both they both have similarities and differences that I thought were important to point out in this paper. Achilles was the son of a god and a mortal; he was invincible ever since …

…invincibility in battle helped him against the Philistines. He won great battles single-handedly against the Philistines. For this the Philistines hated Samson. He was also hated because of the damage he caused to their city fields. One time he removed the gigantic walls of the city and carried them away on his shoulders after ripping it off the hinges all by himself. In one battle he killed 1,000 Philistines with the Jawbone of an ass. (Parker 42)