Virgil Earp

What would you do if your homeland was destroyed and you were forced to seek another home in a faraway country? Would it test your leadership skills? Would you become timid in the face of such a tremendous task? Well, this is exactly what is faced by Aeneas in the epic poem, The Aeneid. Except on top of every other obstacle in his way he is also responsible for getting all of the other survivors to their new homeland. However, the whole story is overshadowed by a battle for power between the Gods

In this paper, I will be discussing the elasticity of the famous book, Dante’s Inferno, with relation to a widely known serial killer Ted Bundy. The book takes you through Dante’s interpretation of Hell and the 9 circles within. I will analyze if the hierarchy of sin is still relevant when considering a complex case study of someone like Ted Bundy, keeping in mind our modern day understanding of the psyche of a serial killer. Furthermore, I will make a case for various levels of Hell that could be

Women of The Aeneid The Aeneid a beautifully epic poem written by Virgil. This epic tale consists of a Trojan warrior Aeneas go through trials and tribulations of fate. Though many of his problems consist of women who have loved and loathed him in his life. These women nonetheless have made his founding of Rome come true. Every woman in this story has contributed to Aeneas’s destiny and character. Minerva is first shown in the second book of The Aeneid. Aeneas is going back to the war and is describing

Furthermore, the imbalanced standards within these societies often remain harsher towards women. Virgil and Christine de Pizan, two writers from vastly different time periods, provide an evolving perspective regarding the flourishing of a human being. While Virgil’s empire-inspired work relates largely to encouraging citizens to live for their empire, de Pizan retorts back regarding how former authors, including Virgil, misconstrued women. Thus, while The Aeneid articulates an inequity between men and women’s

A piece of literature written to walk people through life, and what is waiting for them after. The Divine Comedy was written by a man of politics, relating his content to the events of his everyday life. Moving deeper into the substance of the writing, there are three major sections represented, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Furthermore, we will take a look at the nine circles of hell depicted in the Divine Comedy. Dante Alghieri’s life leading up to the writing the Divine Comedy. Dante was

The story of Nisus and Euryalus in the Aeneid holds so many connections to the episode of Odysseus and Diomedes that there remains no doubt that the Iliad inspired Vergil’s tale. In Book 10 of the Iliad, Agamemnon and Nestor send Odysseus and Diomedes into the Trojan camp in the middle of the night, where the two heroes slaughter more than a dozen sleeping men. In Book 9 of the Aeneid, Nisus and Euryalus volunteer to spy on the sleeping Rutulian camp to provide the Trojans with information on their

After reading Dante’s Divine Comedy or Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri, it would appear that this is a story about a man describing how his exile is leading him towards hell. At the beginning of the story, Dante starts out by saying, “In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost” (page 27). The reader will assume that this story is about Dante explaining his views of hell separated into nine circles. Alighieri’s writings gave context

Virgil, in his epic poem Aeneid tells a story of Aeneas, a Trojan survivor who travels to Italy, and becomes the ancestor of Romans. The first part of the epic focuses on his travels, while the second part describes his victory over the Latins. Virgil did not create Aeneas, he was already a known epic hero who also appears in Iliad. Virgil took all his stories and wrote Aeneid, a story of glory, wars, gods and heroes. Venus as a benefactor of the Trojans and more importantly his mother helps Aeneas

Inferno appears to be the most popular of the three books, especially in the visual arts. “Dante’s is a visual imagination” (T.S. Elliot). Extremely detailed, the book describes Hell in the most powerful visual terms. In the Inferno, Dante and the poet Virgil go to Hell where they witness the many punishments for those who disobeyed God during their lives. Each layer of Hell, described in thirty-three cantos and one introductory canto, is unique and fitting for the soul and the specific sin that was committed

Dante is a poet who wrote an epic poem called, The Divine Comedy. This epic poem is about Dante’s journey as he goes through 3 levels, which he calls Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. In the Inferno, he meets Virgil who ends up being his guide throughout his voyage. They both pass through the nine circles of Hell where they witness many different punishments for those who have done awful things in their past. In the Inferno, there are times where Dante sees good and evil, but also represents it himself