Virgil awakens readers to the world of the gods through his guide The Aeneid Book I. The book captures the anger of the gods and the nature of rivalry existence in the epic world.
Juno’s anger towards Aeneas is evident in the novel. Juno is bitter because Carthage is her favorite city and it will be rendered to destruction in the near future. “But she heard a race of men, sprung of Trojan blood, would one day topple down her Tyrian stronghold…” (24) With the love of her city, to make things worse, she knows that the one-day is quickly approaching. This is the first conflict that reveals in the novel. Virgil uses the gods to represent the anger and hatred between men. The hearts of men, however, are not different from those of the gods as seen in the above incidence. They both hold grudges and hatred when the loss of destructions and loss of property occur. …show more content…
Juno holds a large grudge against Troy, because she was not voted the favored one in a beauty contest. “No, not even now would the causes of her rage, her bitter sorrows drop from the goddess’ mind.” (31) His grudge prompts him to call upon Aeolus the god of wind; asking the gods to bring down a storm against the Trojans. This nature of catastrophic conflict is not different from that of men. Normally, disasters and catastrophes occur as a result of disagreements and grudges. This is a great representation that shows how men of power solve fights through force and physical
Juno’s anger towards Aeneas is evident in the novel. Juno is bitter because Carthage is her favorite city and it will be rendered to destruction in the near future. “But she heard a race of men, sprung of Trojan blood, would one day topple down her Tyrian stronghold…” (24) With the love of her city, to make things worse, she knows that the one-day is quickly approaching. This is the first conflict that reveals in the novel. Virgil uses the gods to represent the anger and hatred between men. The hearts of men, however, are not different from those of the gods as seen in the above incidence. They both hold grudges and hatred when the loss of destructions and loss of property occur. …show more content…
Juno holds a large grudge against Troy, because she was not voted the favored one in a beauty contest. “No, not even now would the causes of her rage, her bitter sorrows drop from the goddess’ mind.” (31) His grudge prompts him to call upon Aeolus the god of wind; asking the gods to bring down a storm against the Trojans. This nature of catastrophic conflict is not different from that of men. Normally, disasters and catastrophes occur as a result of disagreements and grudges. This is a great representation that shows how men of power solve fights through force and physical