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Posted by Masako on April 21, 1999 at 03:26:35:

hello. Someone please give some comments on these topics.

thank you. send me email and tell me what you think.

Would someone like to comment on the ending of the Aeneid.

Does the death of Turnus bring closure to the events and themes of the poem as a whole?

Does Aeneas win or lose in the end? Note that he described as "blazing with rage" (p.332) when he kills Turnus.
In the original Latin he is furens, which links this page with the reference to "godless Strife" (Furor impius) on
p.12. What is "pius Aeneas" doing filled with an emotion that is the antithesis of pietas?

What do you make of Aeneas’ failure to live up to his father’s advice in book 6 "to pardon the defeated" (p. 159)?
What is Vergil trying to say here?

Vergil thought the poem unfinished when he died, and wanted it destroyed. Do you think, given the chance, that he
would have changed the ending, or does the abruptness serve to enhance the dramatic effect?

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: hello. Someone please give some comments on these topics. : thank you. send me email and tell me what you think. : Would someone like to comment on the ending of the Aeneid. : Does the death of Turnus bring closure to the events and themes of the poem as a whole? : Does Aeneas win or lose in the end? Note that he described as "blazing with rage" (p.332) when he kills Turnus. : In the original Latin he is furens, which links this page with the reference to "godless Strife" (Furor impius) on : p.12. What is "pius Aeneas" doing filled with an emotion that is the antithesis of pietas? : : What do you make of Aeneas’ failure to live up to his father’s advice in book 6 "to pardon the defeated" (p. 159)? : What is Vergil trying to say here? : : Vergil thought the poem unfinished when he died, and wanted it destroyed. Do you think, given the chance, that he : would have changed the ending, or does the abruptness serve to enhance the dramatic effect?

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