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This research paper: 6 pages in length. Motivation to accomplish a certain task is not always based within a foundation of benevolence or altruism but rather a self-serving need. This and this reason alone is why Odysseus feels compelled to argue for Ajax's burial, inasmuch as he quickly realizes he will be in the same situation at some point in his own life; whether or not he is given a burial will hinge upon how he is judged for support he gives to Ajax. If deemed unworthy of burial because he dismisses Ajax, his body will summarily be cast away to the hungry birds without the due respect of which he deems himself deserving. In this essay it will be argued that despite the indifference Odysseus harbors toward Ajax and his quest for burial, he nonetheless utilizes his powers of persuasion as a means by which to secure the burial while at the same time promote his contrived compassion toward someone about whom he could not care less so he, too, may be granted a burial when the time does come. No other sources cited.
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