Thursday, August 11, 2011

Paper on the Aeneid, the prominent roles of women.?

I have to write a paper on the Aeneid, it needs to be 6 or more pages. I decided, sort of, to write on the 3 women who change the story. Juno, Dido, and Venus. They all play significant roles in the Aeneid which is definitely a change from the Iliad and Odyssey. I was thinking about looking ate various ways women are depicted using the prominent roles. So Juno is depicted as an angry and vengeful woman. Dido is a pionate, clingy, and irrational woman. Venus is a mother figure constantly trying to fix her son's destiny. And I was thinking about adding Camilla in there as another positive depiction(like Venus? I kinda thought she was positive), she is a powerful woman, leading her people into war. That shows Virgil sort of believes woman can fight just as well as men. Any ideas, quote, comments, criticisms will help greatly. Please tell me if you agree or disagree with anything as it will help. And also maybe a good thesis statement from all of this.

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