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The Epic

Aeneid

Questions For Consideration

1. What are the characteristics of Aeneas as an epic hero?
2. Would you say that Virgil’s characters are realistic persons?
3. What is the overall tone of Virgil’s writing?
4. What is his attitude toward history?
5. How would you evaluate the realism of Turnus as a character?
6. Why is it necessary for Turnus to die?
7. How would you evaluate the realism of Dido as a character? as a woman?
8. Who are the two major god influences? What doe the represent and how do they function in the structure of the work?
9. What solution does Virgil work out at the end of the epic? What is the nature of the new Roan heroism?
10. How does Virgil socially bridge the gap between Rome’s past, present, and future? Cite four important episodes which show this.
11. Why is the father image so important with Virgil?