I guess one should concentrate on where the difficulties of heroism come out most noticeably, namely in the deaths of Hector and Turnus and how the 'heroic' values of their killers differ or are similar. Obviously, Aeneas is more problematic with his cold-blooded vengeance, but Achilles' abuse of Hector's body raises questions about the heroic model too. Virgil mainatins the ambiguity most brilliantly by leaving us with that image in the final lines, while Achilles' reconciliation with Priam somehow resolves what went wrong, though not entirely
---------- > From: judy weng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: VIRGIL: heroism in Aeneid > Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 10:18 PM > > > Can anyone please help me with my essay? The question is that "How do > Homer and Vergil maintain the ambiguity of traditional heroism? What > effect does it have?" > Please reply me as soon as possible because my paper is due 11/9, any > short answer or idea will be helpful. > Thank you > > Sincerely, > Judy > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
