Anh Nguyen EN231 04 Professor Destiny Richards 1 February 2020 Virgil From The Aeneid Book 1 Line 1 5 Unlike other poems I had read Virgil starts his poem with the result of Aeneas s journey as he founded Rome but has to overcome the obstacle from Juno Line 97 100 Virgil uses imagery to emphasize the power of Aeolus when he accepts the request from the Queen of the Gods to sink Aeneas s warship There are foils in character in which Juno and Venus are meant to contrast each other Due to their purposes Juno tries to interfere with Aeneas from destroying Carthage while Venus as a mom wants to protect Aeneas Thesis Even though at the beginning of a poem the reader already knew the ending of Aeneas it is still a successful epic of all time Unlike other warriors such as Achilles Aeneas is likely to have support from his mother Venus so his journey is less obstacle than others Moreover since fate has set it also explains for the reason why Aeneas could overcome all the interference Juno has Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 made
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