Comparing Humans And Animals In The Seafarer, The Fox's Nature,

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In this paper, I will be discussing connections between humans and animals in the following works: Book Four of Virgil 's Georgics, "The Seafarer," The Ant 's Nature, Allegory of the Ant, The Fox 's Nature, and Allegory of the Fox. I will explore these connections and how humans and animals can be related to each other in the situations that are described in these particular ancient poems that we read in class. Let 's start with discussing Book Four of Virgil 's Georgics. In this part of the epic poem, Virgil talks of the life of a bee and everything that it does in order to survive and live. One of the first things that Virgil mentions is that a bee 's state is a "tiny state of high-hearted princes... a whole nation 's ordered works and ways, …show more content…
Now, in lines 23-26, the tern speaks "icy-feathered" while the eagle seems to be chasing it, "dewy-feathered" as it cried at it. First of all, the term "icy-feathered" makes me believe that the tern was feelings the cold that the seafarer was feeling, therefore connecting the fact that both a human and an animal can feel coldness. This isn 't my strongest point, but it 's definitely an understandable idea. However, the more interesting idea of this is that the next two lines after the eagle are "no cheerful kinsmen can comfort the poor soul." I personally believe that this means the eagle is struggling to get the food, and it won 't be happy until it achieves its objective of getting the food. This could easily be relatable to how some humans are today, struggling to reach their goals in life and try to survive in a world full of obstacles. The eagle wants to be happy just like a human would want to be happy. Not only are birds trying to fend for their selves, as mentioned in "The Seafarer," but also there are also even smaller animals that are trying to do the same exact thing in order to …show more content…
This connection comes from the line in Allegory of the Fox that says, "Her prudence and canniness are also found in the devil and in evil men. The devil also covertly seeks to bring harm." This means that a fox 's cautiousness is found in evil men and also men who want to bring harm. Some evil men do try to be cautious in order to not be caught or found doing something evil while, at the same time, he wants to bring harm to people while not getting caught. This is evident throughout The Fox 's Nature because the fox is cautious when she 's in the farmer 's field, she steals many things, and she plays dead to unsuspecting ravens, which she then rips into pieces with her teeth. A lot of people are cautious when it comes to not wanting to get caught doing something, so this kind of cautiousness that is in foxes can definitely be seen in some human beings. With the harm, not every single human being would want to bring harm to other things, but there sadly are some people out there who would do such a

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