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Book II of Vergil’s Aeneid tells the story of Troy’s destruction at the hand of the Greeks and Aeneas’ flight from the ruined city. In Aeneas’ narration, there is a clear image pattern of fire that spans all parts of his story. The motif of fire and flames foreshadows the Troy’s imminent destruction, characterizes the attack of the Greeks, and emphasizes the emotional stress surrounding Troy’s destruction. Before the destruction of Troy becomes clear, Vergil inserts some symbolic moments that…

is an epic poem written by Virgil (born in 70 BC) somewhere between 29 BC up to the time of his death in 19 BC, during the time of Augustus’ reign, and was originally written in Latin. It chronicles the trials and tribulations faced by Aeneas and his fellow Trojans as they begin their journey towards their destiny, Rome. In the Aeneid, Aeneas demonstrates leadership and/or heroic qualities as he embarks on a journey to fulfil the destiny the gods set out for him. Virgil also shows readers…

The Inferno has influenced people around the world for almost 700 years. Most people think of Hell as a place where you don’t want to go and is miserable. This is because the Inferno is the basis of what we think of hell. The Inferno is a poem that Dante Alighieri wrote in 1320 about his fictional journey through Hell. The Inferno is the first of three sections of the Divine Comedy and would become one of the most famous books of its time. Throughout the poem, the reader can tell that Dante uses…

A mid-life crisis happens in an adult’s life between the ages of 40-60, and the average adult begins to realize they are getting older. This can be recognized easily when a man around the age of 50 begins to sing the AC/DC song “Highway to Hell” and he begins to realize that his favorite song came out 35 years ago. This is also the time an adult begins to second-guess their decisions they have made in the past and also begin to wonder if they are still considered a productive member of society.…

Over the Garden Wall was a Cartoon Network original miniseries that contained ten episodes that aired in November of 2014. The story follows two brothers, Wirt and Greg, as they travel through The Unknown in order to find a way back home. The Divine Comedy was a poem written by Dante Alighieri from 1308 to 1320 that follows a personification of Dante travelling through Purgatory, Hell and Paradise, or Heaven. Although the two seem unrelated at face value, the miniseries and poem share many…

In the poem The Aeneid by Virgil the characters showed signs of mortality as they thought through their options, unlike The Iliad that was written by Homer. The ancient epic poems that are more commonly known are: The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil. All three of these poems are concentrated around one famous war known as the Trojan War. “How about this: what makes Virgil’s Aeneid connected to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey is also what makes it different from them” (Shmoop).…

Art requires a skill which includes painting, sculpture, architecture, music and literature. Dante believes that he is an artist because he writes poetry and therefore dedicates the inner edge of the seventh circle to people who have been violent against it. This violence against art is so important to Dante that he places it in the seventh circle of the Inferno out of nine circles. The sinners Dante encounters are guilty of usury and are forced to wear money purses around their necks…

Inferno begins with Dante losing the “true path” on his way through a forest he is travelling through. (Dante 3). Virgil, the Roman poet then appears to him (Dante 6) and tells him that he will lead him through the circles of hell to find his beloved Beatrice (Dante 10). Virgil then proceeds to take Dante through the gates of Hell. (Dante 16-17). The first area they encounter is the Ante-Inferno. It is revealed to Dante that this is where the…

9). Upon entrance to mouth of hell, Dante hears the tormented cries of countless souls. Dante describes the loud sounds of the tortured souls as “Languages diverse, horrible dialects, Accents of anger, words of agony” (III.25). After asking Virgil what he was hearing Dante learns that the cries he was hearing were from the souls of people who never made the decision to be either good or evil, and consequently was sent to neither heaven nor hell. The first moments after passing through the gates…

their freedom. It is something that many people take for granted because they forget that is could be easily taken away from you. Everyone should fear the day they get their freedom taken from them, and that is when and if they enter Hell. Dante and Virgil walk through Hell without being controlled, which is envied by the damned souls throughout Hell, “When we encountered a band of souls coming along the barrier, and each was gazing at us in the evening people gaze at one another under the new…