Journey to God in Two Different Eras: Dante's Divine Comedy and Virgil's Aeneid

• Homer
• Iliad
• The Aeneid

Although the Aeneid shares many characteristics with the Homeric epic, as an epic it is different in important ways. For this reason, the Aeneid is referred to as a literary or secondary epic in order to differentiate it from primitive or primary epics such as the Homeric poems. This, should not be interpreted as value judgments, but merely as indications that the original character of the epic was improvisational and oral. Aeneid, composed later in the epic tradition, was basically non-oral...

• The Aeneid

The topic about death, fate, and destiny troubles the human heart and mind, and every human tend to ignore this discussion. While many people believe in life after death, most people choose to keep away from the talking about it because of fear of the mysterious afterlife. However, when people decided to discuss what they think about the fact that life is not permanent and it has to come to an end one day, people begin to wonder whether there is eternal life and whether or not there are any...

• The Aeneid

Virgil writes the Aeneid between the years 29-19 BCE. The Aeneid tells the legendary story of a man named Aeneas and how he found the city of Rome. Consisted of twelve books, the Aeneid is an epic poem. The Aeneid is considered one of the historically relevant works of Latin literature because it tells the story of the founding of Rome. Therefore, the literary device of ekphrasis describes a particular work of art in a more dramatic and vivid way. Ekphrasis originally comes from the Greeks and...

• Gender Roles
• Poetry
• The Aeneid

Key mortal female characters described in The Aeneid heavily influence his journey, and Goddesses who hold positions of power and influence within the world the poem is set in. Although it is common to have Goddesses play roles in such literature, Virgil’s makes the decision to divert from mortal female stereotypes and the expected roles of Roman women at the time, this being a domestic role in raising a family. Instead by placing mortal female characters in positions of power and influence...

• The Aeneid

Virgil’s Aeneid is one of the most renowned classical literature that exists. Moreover, Aeneid can be considered as a “literary epic” . While the ambition behind Aeneid is still being debated by scholars, one of the ideas behind this literary work is the “national greatness of Rome” . Just like Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Virgil’s Aeneid also contains a lot of aetiology along with inclusion of Latin customs and cultural values etc. Virgil or Vergil based his Aeneid mainly to Homer, but this does not...

• Iliad
• The Aeneid
• The Odyssey

In my opinion, Virgil didn’t imitate Homer with Aeneid, however Virgil simply expanded on Homer’s ideas and wrote in his own words through his poem. Instead of rewriting Iliad or Odyssey, Virgil continues the story after the fall of Troy using Aeneas. Virgil uses a lot of Homer’s images patterns like the symbol of fire, the shield, gates, and the underworld, but they were both used in a different context. Virgil emphasizes fire as a symbol for destruction and desire, much like it did in Iliad,...

• The Aeneid

Many themes surround and encapsulate the essence in which Virgil penned The Aeneid as a response to Homer’s Odyssey. According to many acclaimed scholars, The Aeneid is a carbon copy of The Odyssey. In my opinion, Aeneas and Odysseus are two different heroes with different themes, goals, and destined fates. As far as themes go in The Aeneid, we see how 1) Juno’s anger was never appeased, how 2) Aeneas fulfilled his destiny by becoming one of the founding fathers of Rome and how 3) Aeneas...

• Beowulf
• Beowulf Hero

The story tells the North American nation of however one man, Beowulf, sails to the rescue of King Hrothgar and his individuals to avoid wasting them from a terrible beast that's threatening not solely their lives however additionally their manner of life. The mortal Beowulf positively shows characteristics of an epic hero through bravery, loyalty, generosity, friendship, achieving one thing of excellent worth, providing individuals with a way of security, and being intelligent. First, Beowulf...

• The Bell Jar
• The Yellow Wallpaper

The mental breakdown and insanity of women in both “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath are portrayed in numerous different ways. The Yellow Wallpaper introduces the reader of a nameless woman’s progressive mental breakdown from postpartum depression after giving birth and this provides the reader an opening into the perception and treatment of mental illness in the late 19th century. The novel is set in a Gothic horror-style story and follows...