Effective Lie

There are main points throughout Sinon's story that make it believable to the Trojans. It all falls into place when Eurypylus comes back from Phoebus' oracle with the words, "Blood and a virgin slain you gave to appease the winds, for your first voyage Troyword, O Danaans. Blood again and Argive blood, one life, wins your return." This makes the story become believable because Sinon puts his own life at rest. His life is at risk because the Trojans and especially Calchas think that Sinon is the Argive who needs to be killed so the Danaans will leave Troy. Later on he really comes out to the Trojans and says that he hates the Greeks and has no ties to them. He says this to convince the Trojans to take the horse into their city. They believe it is a source of trickery which will although the Greeks to gain access to the city. He goes on to say that they have to accept the horse so the Gods will not be made at them since Tydeus and Ulysses stole the Pallas from the Danaans. This really makes the story believable because if all they have to do is take in this horse to please the Gods they will.

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Jovi Venus it.

Temptant fati Aeneai.

Is narrat facta eam.

Venus goes to Jupiter.

She worries for Aeneas' fate.

He tells her facts.

Quaestio

The poet's characterization of the great man in verse 151 prompts us to compare him to Aeneas himself because the man describe has the characteristics of Aeneas. Line 151 is translated as "...a man of great authority and does good duties...". The phrase "pietate meritis" and the word "gravem" are the two aspects of this line that truly describe Aeneas. They describe Aeneas because he is a man of great authority and a man of great deeds. For example, Aeneas,"multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio-genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae." This shows he is a man of great deeds because he founded Latium and bring people to it. Next, Aeneas says in a speech to his people,"Have we not known hard hours before this? My men, who have endured still greater dangers, God will grant us an end....through so many challenges, we hold our course for Latium....Troy's kingdom there shall rise again. Be patient: save yourselves for more auspicious days." This speech shows that he has a true authority over his people which is like the man who has great authority. Through these two actions and many more Aeneas has done and accomplished, makes the reader see the poet has compared the man in line 151 to Aeneas.

Neptune

Insanum pontum,

Neptunus regut illum,

Instat Aeolus.

Aenied:1-101

Juno wants payback,

Has Aeolus cause havoc,

Aeneas weakens.

Contemporary Epic

One contemporary epic I found was the movie Saving Private Ryan. The first reason why this movie is epic is because it contains a very serious subject of matter. The subject is the United States involvement of War World II. The part of World War II the movie focuses on is the invasion of Normandy. The movie starts off with the United States invasion of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. What makes the movie so epic is the historical accuracy of World War II. For example, the invasion of Omaha Beach is in great accuracy to the littlest actions. The setting of the scene with boats, barbed war, and other beach obstacles is all the true objects they used in the real war. Also, when a Germany soldier taps is hand on another Germany's helmet who is fire a machine gun is very accurate because this was the best way to communicate since the great noise of battle. Next the movie is an epic because of it contains a quest. The quest in the movie is for a group of soldiers to try to find Private Ryan who is a paratrooper. They are trying to find him because he is the last alive of his family that is serving. His three other brothers were killed in battle. Finally the movie is epic because it has periods of upheaval. The first is the invasion of Omaha Beach. Throughout the groups quest to save Private Ryan there are plenty of upheavals to get to him. Also, the last scene is probably the best one because they have Private Ryan but there is a huge infantry of Germans coming to them. This is huge because there are only about 10 American soldiers to fight against them until the air strike and their infantry arrives. This is a great period of upheaval because they use great strategy to become successful and win with minimal losses.

Q. #2 pg.55

The story's closing lines conclude the darkness/death imagery Ovid has developed throughout the narrative by combining Pyramus and Thisbe's wishes with the themes. For example, Thisbe wants the tree to have "pullosque et luctibus aptos semper habe fetus" which is noticeable in the last lines by the phrase "nam color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater". In this insistence and many others in the story the darkness represents joy because it means their wishes have come true and its the time during the day when they can escape without being seen and under protection. Their plan to meet each other consists of happening "sub noctem" and "lateantque sub umbra arboris". The darkness in the story also portrays feelings of danger and worried. For example, Thisbe "sic facit incertum pomi color" of the tree because it is darker than usually. This makes her worried because she thinks something bad has happened and she doesn't know if she is at the right tree. Death is represented in the last lines because Pyramus and Thisbe "una requiescit in urna" which was their dream of being together. Throughout the story and especially in the last line death represents the unity of Pyramus and Thisbe and how much they love each other. For example, when Pryamus is talking to the lion who is not there he says, "Nostrum divellite corpus, et scelerata fero consumite visera morsu". The key word he uses is our when he talks about his and her death because it reveals how much he loves her since he wants the lion to kill him too. Then towards the end of the play Thisbe says a powerful line that summarizes the meaning of death. She says, "dabit hic in vulnera vires." This shows she loves Pyramus so much that the love is driving her to kill herself so they can be together at last, unite.