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Themes in Aeneid - Coggle Diagram
Themes in Aeneid
Pro or Anti-Augustan
Book 6
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Aeneas enters the Underworld still thinking of his past and that once he meets Dido, he realises that he needs to focus on his destiny, turning back on his past
Aeneas doesn't fully free himself, the Sibyl is forced to distract Aeneas from the suffering within the Underworld
Once Aeneas is out of the underworld, he hasn't learnt anything and through book 7-12 he is forced to reenact the Trojan war
Gates of Ivory, the idea of empire is a false hope that will never be realised
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Could mention how Virgil never got to finish the Aeneid and so the joint views that may be seen as confusing could be due to this
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Augustus never got a full praise poem, Virgil wrote something different, a poem about the past where Augustus vaguely appeared a few times, with details not mentioned
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By including Augustus but not describe his actions, included with governance and the art of rule, Aeneas can be imperfect just as Augustus
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Role of the gods
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Allecto - gives a piece of wicked rhetoric, the power of the speech, setting the latins and trojans against each other, allecto ensures the violence and warfare between the two
Provides the material for the second half of the poem, critical for the plotline
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Puppets of higher forces, utilised by the repetition of a line