Aeneid and Song of Roland both feature strong, heroic men. Aeneas faced the dilemma in which he needed to have order and needed to find a place to settle and call home, all while Juno brought chaos to his life. Roland on the other hand, had two types of dilemmas one regarded more towards his behavior; he had a temper and was arrogant. The second with his step-father, Ganelon, whom was a traitor to his people. In the end: “… the French advised that Ganelon should die a death of torture” for his treason (CCXI 131). Aeneas had this never-ending will to fulfill his destiny or fate. Roland’s temper and arrogance made him go into a battle where he and his knights were outnumbered; even though his faith was pure, he put 20,000 lives on the line
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The Franks believed that God would always intervene on their behalf, even if they were up against an army of 100,000 men. They believed in killing others that would not convert to Christianity in the name of God. That once they died they would go to Paradise and live in harmony for honoring their duty to fight for God. The Archbishop says to the knights, knowing they are all going to die: “For you God’s Paradise stands open wide, And seats await you ‘mid the blessed Saints” (CXIV 103). Their beliefs were common around the time this poem was written unlike …show more content…
Aeneid and the Song of Roland both had lived during different times creating different cultures. Aeneas and his fellow Trojans believed in multiple gods, whereas, Roland and his fellow Franks believed in one God. Aeneid was full of false gods trying to control the lives of humans. The Song of Roland was full of Christians and Pagans/Saracens/Moslems fighting for their faith. There were battles that lasted up to ten years in Aeneid, but they had more to do with power than religion. The battles in Song of Roland lasted seven years and always had to do with religion. In Roland’s time, Christianity was considered to be the only right religion to practice. Luckily now in the world, living here, in this time, you can believe or practice whichever religion you choose and not worry about fighting for your beliefs, at least most of the time. We now live in a culture of immigrants, where the way you dress or the way you want to live your life is up to each individual person’s
The Franks believed that God would always intervene on their behalf, even if they were up against an army of 100,000 men. They believed in killing others that would not convert to Christianity in the name of God. That once they died they would go to Paradise and live in harmony for honoring their duty to fight for God. The Archbishop says to the knights, knowing they are all going to die: “For you God’s Paradise stands open wide, And seats await you ‘mid the blessed Saints” (CXIV 103). Their beliefs were common around the time this poem was written unlike …show more content…
Aeneid and the Song of Roland both had lived during different times creating different cultures. Aeneas and his fellow Trojans believed in multiple gods, whereas, Roland and his fellow Franks believed in one God. Aeneid was full of false gods trying to control the lives of humans. The Song of Roland was full of Christians and Pagans/Saracens/Moslems fighting for their faith. There were battles that lasted up to ten years in Aeneid, but they had more to do with power than religion. The battles in Song of Roland lasted seven years and always had to do with religion. In Roland’s time, Christianity was considered to be the only right religion to practice. Luckily now in the world, living here, in this time, you can believe or practice whichever religion you choose and not worry about fighting for your beliefs, at least most of the time. We now live in a culture of immigrants, where the way you dress or the way you want to live your life is up to each individual person’s