Pride In The Aeneid

In the book The Aeneid, the writer Virgil uses Greek mythology to add emphasis to and exaggerate the story of how Rome was founded during the time of Ceaser Augustus. The story mainly revolves around the protagonist, Aeneas. Aeneas is the son of the god Anchises the Trojan prince and Venus the goddess of love. He respects and cares deeply for his family. He has become a hero of his city for great things he has done throughout his life, but he didn’t start out so bold and strong. He is a mortal man not in charge of his own fate but hopes that what the gods have in store for him is something great.
Aeneas is a round, dynamic character, you see him evolve throughout the book due to facing many trials and hard circumstances. Aeneas he knew he was …show more content…
The god Juno does not like the Trojans and will do anything he can to hinder their journey of founding Rome. He put giant storms to throw them off course. At one point in the story Aeneas ends up crashing and landing in the city of Carthage ran by Dido who is the queen and founder of that province. Since Aeneas mother is Venus the queen of love she makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas so that she will welcome him in and take care of him and his men, instead of waging a war. Aeneas starts to love Dido but then realizes that he cannot stay with her because of his fate and he cannot let his people down. He ends up breaking off with Dido to go back out on his voyage. Dido becomes angry and unhappy about what he has done to her. She becomes greatly heartbroken over what Aeneas has done to her and kills herself. Aeneas comes upon Turnus, king of the Latin people, who seemed to be a great willing leader to his people. Turnus begins to become stubborn and thinks he can do everything he wants through his power. He and Aeneas get into a duel during the Trojans and Latin battle. He does not want to follow through with what he is fated to do, but rather do what he thinks is best. He soon loses confidence in himself and what he is trying to accomplish and realizes that his fate would have been easier to go with and then Aeneas ends up killing him ending their …show more content…
He cared for his people and had deep respect for his family and those over him. Through the story you can see how the gods interact with his moral being and see how even if he gets distracted he always remembers what he is fated to do, knowing good will come of it. You can see how Virgil uses him as a tool in the story, to over exaggerate the founding of Rome and add a more interesting story line to the events that happened along the way. He uses Aeneas to show how fate plays out in the mortal’s lives, and the good that will come if they follow what they are destined to