The Meaning Of Suffering In Job And The Aeneid
Throughout Virgil's Aeneid and Job from the Old Testament, great
obstacles block the paths of the protagonists. Mental and physical,
anguish is placed upon Job and Aeneas. Though both men suffer extreme pain,
the extent and content of the tribulations are different.
Job's suffering is placed upon him without provocation. Aeneas
also believes his ³pain [is] so great and unmerited!² (Virgil 2.89).
Juno's hatred towards the Trojans, however, is fueled by many things such
as the descent of the Trojans from Jupiter's illegitimate son and the fact
that the Troj ....
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