Barbarians Scholars Flashcards
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Prescott (1927)
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Real/Symbolic debate:
Real: Thought Virgil was aiming at a ‘puppet-show’ effect
Priority = message about Rome’s future and not the characters. Believes this is emphasised by the key actors of the story being divine.
2
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Woodworth (1927)
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Real/Symbolic debate:
Symbolic: Placed mortals centre-stage. Gods were symbolic, and can symbolise:
- The forces again for/acting Fate
- The feelings and motives of a human character that they do not feel already
3
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Coleman (1982)
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Rejects both extremes of pure realism and pure symbolism. Believes the gods are used symbolically without being symbols.
4
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Sowerby (1984)
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Virgil presents not just the Trojan War as tragic, but all wars as pitiable and horrific. The Italian War for instance, he calls ‘hellish’
