Dr. Kaylor
ENG-2207
September 6, 2016
The Roman System of Values in The Aeneid
The Aeneid is a poem about fate and freewill, yet it seems as if Aeneas is being dragged into his destiny until he finds the Roman value fides in Dis. He is a hero of some sort, but not one of validity. Instead, he is but a piece of putty, being stretched across the poem as he is the seas. The secondary characters in this poem are as, if not more important than the main character Aeneas. Juno, his antagonist, is well-defined, powerful, and consistent, whereas Aeneas loses his consistency along the way. There is a clear line that shows when Turnus changes his mindset, but not so much so for Aeneas. However, all three of these characters …show more content…
Her furor is then in the form of the storm, as said by Virgil in the line. The storm embodies Juno 's wrath and only because of Neptune is it stopped before all of Aeneas 's ships are taken. One would assume that a goddess as great and as powerful as she would not succumb to temptations this trivial, but Juno acts upon her human-like rage and desires. A lost beauty contest sends her into this hatred for the people of Troy, so when fate decides that the people of Troy will take over her favorite city, it drives her mad. The storm is the starting point of the many times Juno tries to change fate, and because of this book I is based around her furor, the storm, and …show more content…
"The fear of God" is a saying that goes well with this. Turnus has absolutely no problem admitting to his greatest foe that he fears the gods, which proves that he is loyal to them. People fear those that are greater, even great warriors such as Turnus. Society has a ladder of respect, and the gods are at the very top. The commoners fear Turnus and he fears the gods. Fear and respect go hand in hand because a person must respect someone 's capabilities in order to fear them. Virgil shows the ultimate respect of the gods through this quote by Turnus, proving that even the most feared humans must still respect higher