Epic Simile In The Iliad Analysis

But she would not allow the thief, Procrastination to overwhelm.
She was writing like a river that ,after a heavy winter, flowed through the banks
By scattering every piece of dikes that were meant to be obstacles. As that river reached to the waterfall, she would see the end of this paper as precious as the Egypt treasures.
Of course, this is not a perfect example of Homeric simile that occurs when there is a high action or a point of climax in the Homer’s epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey. During the epic similes, the actions, which are mostly violent, are compared to the events that are not related to the current situation like natural ones. In Iliad, for example, you may ask what is the use of comparing Diomedes to a river or comparing Greeks’ pain to a birth scene. Although the purposes of using epic simile vary, for this two specific scene, two aim can be given; for the former, it is to make audiences realize the difference between natural and unnatural events so that they do not confuse which one is normal while for the latter, it is to relieve audiences from the sense of defeat and a foreshadowing of the end by giving hope. Humankind has a limited control over nature. We are, in some degree, vulnerable to the calamities such as volcano eruptions or tsunamis in spite of the precautions that are taken. On the other hand, our actions, the events that we cause, can be avoided. Think about the wars, if we want, we can stop them. Negotiations, agreements...all