"Military" ambitions does not make much sense to me. We know Agamemnon desires a victorious battle, but we don't know that it is because of military ambition? Maybe it is because he does not want his people to suffer? Or any other of the many reasons to not want to lose a battle?
But I guess the other answers are untrue because of how explicit they are - "identical" and "solely" and "only"
@calliekoskovich I think you're misinterpreting what the questions is asking. It asks, based on the passage, find a statement that best represents Lesky's view of agamemnon. We're not asked to understand what the source of his military ambitions. I agree, all other 4 ACs were pretty easy to rule out, but even if one or two them had not been so easy, I feel AC. C would still be a statement that best represents lesky's view.
We know lesky believes the protagonist is influenced by their own desires and supernatural forces (deities) but acknowledges that the protagonist still have their OWN desires that need to be accounted for. What are Aggies's desires? He wants to win a battle. He even admits that the risk is worth the reward, if the reward is victory. AC C is just synonymizing his desires & rephrasing what is impacting his decision. Aggie is clearly ambitious, specifically regarding military objectives.
To me, AC C is a perfect answer, and the answer I was looking for after reading the question. We don't need to know WHY he wants a victorious battle, that's irrelevant. We only need to recognize that winning a battle is something he deeply desires. Therefore that heavily influences his decision.
Hope this offered another way of looking at AC C as the best answer, other than eliminating the other ACs because of how explicit they were. Godspeed on you studies!
My understanding was B is correct. Since at the end of the day, although the gods may have provided him a choice, it is still the "nature of his character" that "determines" whether or not he wins/loses the battle at the cost of his own daughter. aka, the course of the tragedy.
I'm not sure why I have such a hard time with this question type. I always get it narrowed down to 2-3 and then have a hard time choosing but then when going over each choice, slowly like in the video, I see the right choice no problem. fml
I thought C but went with B because it says he chooses a path... waddafaq....
Ah well... I tried... Guess thats a lost point for every RC question like this since they have their own answer... BS.... C isnt even Leskys view.... its just the facts of the story.
I hope this guy had alot of daughters because being a General I would think involves more than ONE battle... What good would winning even one battle do? Stupid thing is stupid no matter how many big words they use to dress it up... vent done...
I would have gotten rid of C because of the slight assumption that the battle that Lesky talks about is the same as military ambition. Does most RC require us to make this kind of connection?
I think his desire to win the battle could be considered a military ambition? Ambition = strong desire to do something, and a battle could be considered related to the military. This is something the LSAT would find acceptable.
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it seems like the wrong answers use a lot of narrow language so, something to keep in mind.
"Military" ambitions does not make much sense to me. We know Agamemnon desires a victorious battle, but we don't know that it is because of military ambition? Maybe it is because he does not want his people to suffer? Or any other of the many reasons to not want to lose a battle?
But I guess the other answers are untrue because of how explicit they are - "identical" and "solely" and "only"
@calliekoskovich I think you're misinterpreting what the questions is asking. It asks, based on the passage, find a statement that best represents Lesky's view of agamemnon. We're not asked to understand what the source of his military ambitions. I agree, all other 4 ACs were pretty easy to rule out, but even if one or two them had not been so easy, I feel AC. C would still be a statement that best represents lesky's view.
We know lesky believes the protagonist is influenced by their own desires and supernatural forces (deities) but acknowledges that the protagonist still have their OWN desires that need to be accounted for. What are Aggies's desires? He wants to win a battle. He even admits that the risk is worth the reward, if the reward is victory. AC C is just synonymizing his desires & rephrasing what is impacting his decision. Aggie is clearly ambitious, specifically regarding military objectives.
To me, AC C is a perfect answer, and the answer I was looking for after reading the question. We don't need to know WHY he wants a victorious battle, that's irrelevant. We only need to recognize that winning a battle is something he deeply desires. Therefore that heavily influences his decision.
Hope this offered another way of looking at AC C as the best answer, other than eliminating the other ACs because of how explicit they were. Godspeed on you studies!
My understanding was B is correct. Since at the end of the day, although the gods may have provided him a choice, it is still the "nature of his character" that "determines" whether or not he wins/loses the battle at the cost of his own daughter. aka, the course of the tragedy.
I'm not sure why I have such a hard time with this question type. I always get it narrowed down to 2-3 and then have a hard time choosing but then when going over each choice, slowly like in the video, I see the right choice no problem. fml
I thought C but went with B because it says he chooses a path... waddafaq....
Ah well... I tried... Guess thats a lost point for every RC question like this since they have their own answer... BS.... C isnt even Leskys view.... its just the facts of the story.
I hope this guy had alot of daughters because being a General I would think involves more than ONE battle... What good would winning even one battle do? Stupid thing is stupid no matter how many big words they use to dress it up... vent done...
interesting, I thought C was a trap answer appealing to authority like E. But wiring a navel battle is clearly a military ambition.
(C)'s "influence" does not make Arg's desires and choice as the SOLE influencing agent.
pls Artemis help me get through this RC lmao
only if you sacrifice your daughter
God help me now
same here
I am the only one who finds it painful to sit through instruction with the urge to fast forward to "Try It Yourself"???
Click the "Quickview" button above each video -- you can still try the question first through that button.
The world military really threw me off on this one for some reason LOL
Same lol I am still wrapping my head around it
I would have gotten rid of C because of the slight assumption that the battle that Lesky talks about is the same as military ambition. Does most RC require us to make this kind of connection?
I think his desire to win the battle could be considered a military ambition? Ambition = strong desire to do something, and a battle could be considered related to the military. This is something the LSAT would find acceptable.