Pride In The Aeneid

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In Books 9 & 12 of Virgil’s the Aeneid, Turnus’ death is ultimately caused by his pride. Virgil compares Turnus to a, “wolf [who] rages and snaps/At the prey it cannot reach, tormented/By long hunger, its jaws thirsting for blood,” while he is trying to find a way into the enemy’s camp (9.75-77). This ruthlessness inside of Turnus shows just how superior he feels towards his enemy. Turnus would rather die in battle with honor than stay at home at protect his bride-to-be’s family fortune and reputation (12.56,68-71). The mindset of dying an honorable death is a very common theme throughout the Aeneid, and also epics written by Homer, however, this mind is corrupted with pride and just wishes to show his superiority. Pride has essentially blinded

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