In some ways Hector is not unlike my favorite LOTR
character (Faramir) -and don't get me started on PJ's
TTT
) in that Hector would have preferred a
peaceful life but, as the crown prince of Troy felt it his
duty to engage in combat. Recall that he proposed,
and Achilles rejected, the proper Trojan War protocol
of returning the slain hero to the others family for proper
burial. And he had a rather immature brother (in Hector's
case a younger one) causing problems by emotional
impulses.
Hector does seem to be the most balanced, and likable,
character in the Iliad. In a way he's Homer's real hero.