... , as well as witnessed many innocent men die in battle for a victory against Turnus and the Italians. The final scene where Aeneas kills Turnus shows how he is filled with Fury. This scene shows how Aeneas has progressed into a very impersonal leader. Aeneas goes from being the man who said, "three times I tried to put my arms around her neck, three ... times holding nothing" (I 1028-1030) to a man who "sank his blade in Turnus" chest" (XII. 1295) out of fury and hatred. I think Virgil wanted to show how a leader has to put aside all feelings and think about what is good for his people. ...

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... . Book one gives us a glimpse into depth of this hatred. As the Trojans flee Sicily across the sea, Juno exclaims, "The race I hate is crossing the Tuscan sea....Put new fury Into your winds, and make the long ships founder!" We can know see that one of Aeneas' archenemies is going to be the Goddess Juno. To have a Goddess as powerful ... Juno, with Jupiter acting as a buffer between the two. This proves to be how the rest of the poem is laid out. Aeneas encounters new adversities as a result of Juno's fury and in each adventure, Aeneas is able to survive and continue on his journey, tha...

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... for the sake of adding striking detail to the scene. The first line uses a chiastic arrangement in "densos alacer Mezentius hostis"; Vergil depicts Mezentius with no less that the raging fury associated with Turnus. The word "alacer" brings to the surface a shining example of epic characterization, the epithet, mainly memorable because Vergil employs the same terminology to Turnus in book 12 ... ...

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