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1.	Malouf draws the reader's attention to the simple things in life.

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1.	Malouf draws the reader's attention to the simple things in life.

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Priam's grief is many layers, for his son, his city and people

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"It is what he feels is proper to his grief."

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his grief is apart of the earth "sunk down in dirt and straw of the public street" - this is ironic because kings to do go into dirt

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CH 2, Pg 41: Priam knows what is expected of him through experience and duty.

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CH 2, Pg 41: Priam knows what is expected of him through experience and duty.

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"Priam comes to attention. He knows from long experience what is expected of him. Stays ready but still."

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The Queen is crying but the camera is behind her, giving her privacy when she is in a public role

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The river crossing is a metaphors for the leaders passing from one state to another. From the old into the new

"Maybe we are the partly to blame" The Queen- 42min

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CH 2, Pg 43: Malouf is suggesting that his duty is driven by leadership.

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CH 2, Pg 43: Malouf is suggesting that his duty is driven by leadership.

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"He is obliged, in his role as king, to think of the king's sacred body, this brief six feet of earth he moves and breathes in."

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Malouf is questioning whether people who have roles as leaders are actually adequate as a leader. Priam feels inadequate as a leader, he doubts himself and capacity   ‘who stand under his week protection” (p 40)

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"precise and controlled" everything in there lives is based on tradition and protocol

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First frame of queen, serious and still, royal costume, stereotypical royal look

Mr Crawford is painting her portrait - permanency, part of succession, - establishing her authority

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"But his more usual role is to stand still at the centre, both actual and symbolic in the same breath, and to experience those dual states quite naturally as one."

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Chp 4: Malouf suggests that good leaders are selfless. Archilles is so detached from the humanity around him and the people around him, as he is grief stricken. however still makes an effort for others 'eating only that his attendants will be free to eat'

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Chp 4: Malouf suggests that good leaders are selfless. Archilles is so detached from the humanity around him and the people around him, as he is grief stricken. however still makes an effort for others 'eating only that his attendants will be free to eat'

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Blair was writing a public response in regards to Diana's death however the Queen thought she could do it her way, and the less one draws attention to a obstacle it will tend to go away

“No. No, certainly not. No, member of the royal family will speak publicly about this. This is a private matte".

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Priam feels a duty to protect his son - and kingdom "fountainhead of all that keeps Troy civil and just"

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Achilles grieves after the death of Patroclus, 'pouring fistfuls of dust over his head.' (p. 20)

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“He is going to modernise us is he?” - queen trivialises him, tone posture is assured, no insecurity, she is resistant to change

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"Her eyelids are swollen with tears."

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Charles grieves for his ex-wife, but also for his sons who have lost their mother.

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Bestowing of prime minister is very clumsy and awkward - Blair doesn't know the protocols (he look ignorant, powerless and uninformed)  - he looks vulnerable and inexperienced

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"somethings happened there's been a change in values"
being a good leader is to recognize that change needs to happen. Leaders need to listen to their people

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"A king, as you know, has to act in full assurance of what the gods have called him to, his high place in the world. He acts in the realm - that too is his kingdom - of the seen. But in my case the gift was a doubtful one."

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"In Balmoral all seems to breathe freedom and peace and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils." - she feels burdened by the state of the world and her role

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Achilles blames himself for Patroclus' death and kills hector in retaliation to try and seek vengence and inner peace (which he does not get)

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“You ask me to stand as I have always done, at a kingly distance from the human, which in my kingly role, as you say, I can have no part in. But I am also a farther” conflict between public and private. p85

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Archilles likes Alcimus because he embodies someone who is in touch with their humanity and is not weighed down by protocol. 'animal nature he has not yet learned to subdue that Archilles finds endearing'.

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Malouf suggests during unprecedented times it can cause tension amongst families

Charles celebrates/ champions Diana as a mother she was “always warm and ready to show her feelings” → This suggests he is critical of the queen's mothering

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"They loved her...She was the people’s princess.” → Blair: He acknowledges the country's grief

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Achilles and Queen both grieve privately - "He had grieved. But silently, never permitting himself to betray to other what he felt"

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Through the public reaction to Princess Diana's death, Frears suggests that the monarchy must modernise and find a new way of living in a changing world.

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Through the public reaction to Princess Diana's death, Frears suggests that the monarchy must modernise and find a new way of living in a changing world.

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"they have made a serious mistake" -public view
All leaders decisions will be under scrutiny from the public and therefore they must be prepared to adapt to change.

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Stories have power and can shape how a man is seen ‘... a man’s acts follow him wherever he goes in the form of story.’ (p.6)

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overly attentive, people don't want to lose anymore.  'the attention he gives to even the smallest and most upspoken of Achilles's needs'

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Frear's highlights the out pouring of grief by the public for the peoples Princess

“She gave us so much… It just hurts me so much.” “I keep waiting to wake up, like it’s a bad dream.”

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"the play of a dual self" p5

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"The official that was his part in any event or scene, the formal pose it was his duty to maintain and make shine."

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"In these 9 years his own son... has been growing up without him." Achilles has sacrificed his family for duty, similar to the queen as she has sacrificed familial closeness for her duty.

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"Your grandfather didn't get the flag at half-mast when he died"

"The point is it's more than 400 years old. Its never been lowered for anyone."

"That's the way we do things in this country. Quietly. With dignity."

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"He was symbolically at the centre, as form and his own royal dignity demanded, but could have no part in the merely physical business"

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chp 4, pg 175. Change from being a king to a man. 

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chp 4, pg 175. Change from being a king to a man. 

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'i have come to you...just as you see me...man to man, as a father, for the body of my son'. Malouf characteristics Priam as a man, not a king who is pleading for mercy for his son.

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"Silence, not speech, was what was expressive. Power lay in containment." It is important to keep emotions hidden

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Frears exposes the monarchy's reliance on tradition and convention, which he highlights through the media's scrutiny of the handling of Princess Diana's death.

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Frears exposes the monarchy's reliance on tradition and convention, which he highlights through the media's scrutiny of the handling of Princess Diana's death.

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"all the protocol might have been the thing that in the way" - reporter
Belief has been that leadership for the monarchy is about protocol and pageantry - mood of the people has changed, that's not what they want anymore

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13:34 blair informed, anxiety already showing, understands enormity of situation, contrast with queens response which is nothing (lol)

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moment of no precedent. 'a situation that has already passed beyond anything he has a precedent for.'

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"His pleasant way of filling the time, was of no importance. It was full of something else. Interest" Priam is is beginning to show change as he is showing interest in natural things

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"He was symbolically at the centre, as form and his own royal dignity demanded, but could have no part in the merely physical business." pg 123

"Each with a particular role to perform in the ceremonial play." pg 123

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Archilles likes Alcimus because he embodies someone who is in touch with their humanity and is not weighed down by protocol. 'animal nature he has not yet learned to subdue that Archilles finds endearing'. 

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14:28 - charles “i should go to Paris. I told my people they should start organising a jet”, charles response is immediate, emotional

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Through Somax's stories, Priam is able to "peer through the crack in a door" into Somax's life, allowing him to feel empathy.

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"duty first self second"
Leaders always have to put their role/duty before themselves in everything.

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“This isn't a matter of state... Diana is no longer a member of the royal family, this is a private matter” - representative of her response to grief - don't make it a big deal, control and contain the crisis, does not expect the public response

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priam to achilles. 'the father of a son you have not seen for more than half his lifetime' duty has removed him from getting to know and bond with his children

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“This isn't a matter of state...Diana is no longer a member of the royal family, this is a private matter” - representative of her response to grief - don't make it a big deal, control and contain the crisis, does not expect the public response

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"Their relationship to hime was formal and symbolic, part of that dream like play before the gods and in the world's eye is both the splendour and the ordeal of kingship" pg136

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"mummy" queen shows her vulnerability and need for guidance.
"father?" Achilles mistakes Priam for dad showing his need for parental comfort during his grief.
Leaders in their grief turn to parental figures for guidance.

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scene - media footage presents an enormous crowd of the public weeping during the speech

All people grieve differently, the public's grief outwards whereas the Queens grief is very private.

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Entire staff is wearing suits and is present at the castle, even though it is the middle of the night.

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“Perhaps now you will consider whether  it is an extravagance to bring back the mother of the future king of england.’ - Charles is challenging the Queens response, appeals to queens sense of duty to get queen to change her mind, she more concerned about lineage than that she is part of the family.

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18:24 writes in her diary showing her grief is personal and private, processing by herself.

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televised speech - admits to feeling grief and shares in her peoples grief

Leaders have to adapt to change and be open to public's demands, which is seen in the queens speech which is unprecedented and shows her becoming the leader her people need her to be.

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19:32 - Blair constructs is public response - obvious this is not a private matter, Blair is taking control of the narrative, knows the public wants to grieve openly.

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- Formal breakfast in palace, no kids present - frears showing that kids have not learnt formality yet and are therefore not wanted
- comparison to blair whose kids are the table
- comparison to alcimus who is free spirited and young, has not learnt traditions, yet unlike palace (queen), his lack of formality is found endearing by leader (achilles)

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"the world has changed and one must modernise" - Queen

To be a good leader is to be able to adapt to change and go against tradition. Queen has accepted that she needs to break away from tradition.

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Liz outraged at the idea of public statement “it is their (diana's family) express wish for this to be a private funeral… we have no choice but to accept their wishes.” - british respectfulness, dismissing blair, shifting blame away from herself and crown,

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“This is a family funeral Mr Blair, not a fairground attraction.”
“I think the less attention one draws to it the better.” - queen is determined to ignore the situation,