the dominant theme of the aeneid is?
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Theme of aeneid\n\nNearly the entirety of the Aeneid is devoted to the philosophical concept of opposition. The primary opposition is that Aeneas, as guided by Jupiter, representing pietas as in reasoned judgment, and piety, whereas Dido and Turnus are guided by Juno, representing unbridled furor or mindless emotion, and fury. Other oppositions within the Aeneid include: Fate versus Action, Male versus Female, Rome versus Carthage, Aeneas as Odysseus in Books I-VI versus Aeneas as Achilles in Books VII-XII, Calm Weather versus Storms, and the Horned Gate versus the Ivory Gate of Book VI.\n\nPietas, mentioned above, was possibly the key quality of any 'honourable' Roman, consisted of a series of duties: duty towards the Gods (hence the English word piety); duty towards one's homeland; duty towards one's followers and duty to one's family - especially one's father. Therefore, a further theme of the poem explores the strong relationship between fathers and sons. The bonds between Aeneas and Ascanius, Aeneas and Anchises, Evander and Pallas, Mezentius and Lausus are all worthy of note. This theme reflects Augustan moral reforms and was perhaps intended to set an example for Roman youth.\n\nThe major moral of the Aeneid is acceptance of the workings of the Gods as fate through the use of pietas or piety. Virgil, in composing the character of Aeneas alludes to Augustus, suggesting that the gods work their ways through humans; using Aeneas to found Rome, Augustus to lead Rome, and that one must accept one's fate.
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Romeo and Juliet: what are the major themes
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I once heard a biblical scholar interpret this dream prophetically as illustrating the primary world powers from Nebuchadnezzar in this way:\n\nHead of Gold: Neb's current Babylonian empire\n\nBreast and arms silver: Represented the Persian empire, which conquered Babylon and took it's land.\n\nBrass belly and thigh: Represents the Roman Empire, which later conquered Persia.\n\nLegs of iron: Two legs for two empires; Rome was divided into two empires: Rome and Constantinople (?)\n\nFeet of clay and iron: He said this represented modern day; and either represented one of two powerful structures: religion or government.\n\n1. Government: Communism and Democracy. Communism was once known as the "Iron Curtain", and supporters of communism see democracy as being a weak form of government - representative of clay, which is soft.\n\n2. Religion: Islam and Christianity. Islam, with its ferocity is representative of iron. Christianity, with its "love thy neighbor" and "turn the other cheek" m4entality, is viewed as weak - therefor clay.\n\nI thought this interpretation was very interesting.
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In this book, Nietzsche, originally educated as a classicist, discusses the history of the Greek tragedy, and introduces an intellectual dichotomy between the Dionysian and the Apollonian (very loosely: wild emotion or sensation vs. calm reason or ideation). \n\nDionysus (Dionysian): intoxication, celebration of nature, cruelty, music, dance, pain, individuality dissolved and hence destroyed, wholeness of existence, orgiastic passion, dissolution of all boundaries, excess, human being(s) as the work and glorification of art, destruction.\n\nApollo (Apollinian or Apollonian): the dream state, principium individuationis (principle of individuation), plastic (visual) arts, beauty, stint to formed boundaries, individuality, reason, celebration of appearance/illusion, human beings as artists (or media of art's manifestation), self-control, perfection, exhaustion of possibilities, creation.
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Go here:\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/themes.html\n\nIt's where I get all my Shakespeare motifs!!
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its a metaphor that isnt directly stated\n\ninstead of "the fly is a man"\n\n"the fly man" or "the man fly"\n\nlike “The river of life” doenst directly equate life to river
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Odysseus represented the model of their own war heroes.  He represented all the things that a good warior should have: cunny mentality, bravery, and warfare skills....\n\nIf you ask about other epics, you got the Aeneid.  In this epic, Virgil presents the prototype of the perfect hero according to the Roman values.  Aeneas is a hero to them, 'cause he followed the pietas or duties--> family, state, gods.  In addition, the Aeneid is a kick in the butt to Ulysses.  He is seen as the unworthy and heartless wrong model of hero
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allteration, theme, tone central message, hyperbole, metaphor. I think those might be some but I am in 10th grade so i dont know. i hope i helped
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More=Rome\nPairs=Paris\n\nCant think of anything for the other 2 :(
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try this \nhttp://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
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I would say drawing/painting - because of the evidence of cave drawings and so forth. Unless you consider opposite-sex relations an art... if so, then that would have come first. :)\n\nBut, then there's also music, and there's really no concrete way to tell how long that has been around. Even before instruments, it's possible that people had chants, or sang to mimic birds, etc. \n\nI'd say that the father of all arts could ultimately be said to be imagination.
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Perseus has the full text of the Aeneid in hypertext, so you can click on each word and it will tell you possible forms and link to dictionary entries from Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary. This is no substitute for actually learning the Latin.
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That's the title track.... Aenema...
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Raisin in the Sun's major themes are:\nFamily strength and unity\nDreams and how they affect life\nMoney and its power\nAbortion is a subtheme\nAssimilation in the popular culture\n\nI hope this helps.  We just finished acting it out at my school.
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It seems that there could be a variety of answers. Poetry, prose, narrative verse, epics, romances, legends, lyrics, scholarly articles, etc.\n\nThese links should help you narrow it down based upon the work you have done in your course.  I hope this helps.
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I think the theme of the poem relates to the nature of the world and appreciating life.\n\n"Light takes the Tree" may refer to darkness when the sun sets (as fits with your interpretation "I am born to die"). The line about the worm climbing the stair refers to a struggle against great odds.\n\nI think the poet is saying to take your time in life and to learn how to live your life as you go.
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Cover to Cover - The theme is about God, and his interaction with mankind throughout the ages.\nWhile it is an "instruction manual", it is primarally God's self-revelation to mankind.\nThe main difference between the Bible and other religious writings, is that EVERY other book seeks to show a way for man to reach God, and the Bible reveals how God himself has come to us.