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The argument Troilus learns of Hector's death and goes berserk with rage. He challenges Diomedes. Ajax and Achilles begin hunting the remaining Trojans.
Enter Hector.
HECTOR ≋ verse dialogue

Most putrified core so fair without,

Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life.

Now is my day’s work done; I’ll take my breath:

Rest, sword; thou hast thy fill of blood and death!

Most putrified core so fair without, your goodly armour thus has cost your life. Now is my day’s work done; I’ll take my breath: Rest, sword; you hast your fill of blood and death!

most putrified core so fair without, your goodly armour thus has cost your life. now is my day’s work done; i’ll take my breath: rest, sword; you hast your fill of blood and death!

most putrified core so fair without, your goodly armour

[_Disarms_.]
Enter Achilles and Myrmidons.
ACHILLES ≋ verse dialogue

Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set,

How ugly night comes breathing at his heels;

Even with the vail and dark’ning of the sun,

To close the day up, Hector’s life is done.

Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set, How ugly night comes breathing at his heels; Even with the vail and dark’ning of the sun, To close the day up, Hector’s life is done.

look, hector, how the sun begins to set, how ugly night comes breathing at his heels; even with the vail and dark’ning of the sun, to close the day up, hector’s life is done.

look, hector, how the sun begins to set, how ugly night

HECTOR dialogue

I am unarm’d; forego this vantage, Greek.

I am unarm’d; forego this vantage, Greek.

i'm unarm’d; forego this vantage, greek.

i'm unarm’d; forego this vantage, greek.

ACHILLES dialogue

Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek.

Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek.

strike, fellows, strike; this is the man i seek.

strike, fellows, strike; this is the man i seek.

[_Hector falls_.]
So, Ilion, fall thou next! Now, Troy, sink down;
Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone.
On, Myrmidons, and cry you all amain
‘Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain.’
[_A retreat sounded_.]
Hark! a retire upon our Grecian part.
MYRMIDON dialogue

The Trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord.

The Trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord.

the trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord.

the trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord.

ACHILLES ≋ verse dialogue

The dragon wing of night o’erspreads the earth

And, stickler-like, the armies separates.

My half-supp’d sword, that frankly would have fed,

Pleas’d with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.

The dragon wing of night o’erspreads the earth And, stickler-like, the armies separates. My half-supp’d sword, that frankly would have fed, Pleas’d with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.

the dragon wing of night o’erspreads the earth and, stickler-like, the armies separates. my half-supp’d sword, that frankly would have fed, pleas’d with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.

the dragon wing of night o’erspreads the earth and,

[_Sheathes his sword_.]
Come, tie his body to my horse’s tail;
Along the field I will the Trojan trail.
[_Exeunt_.]

The Reckoning

Troilus becomes unmoored — his brother is dead, his city is falling, his lover has betrayed him. His rage is pure. He becomes the avenging fury the war needed, but it's too late. Troy is already lost.

If this happened today…

A soldier learns his brother was killed by the enemy. He abandons all strategy and just starts fighting. The war is already over.

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