Deaths of the young and vulnerable

Question 1

What do these deaths represent?

Answer 1

evils of war - particually civil war

• brings suffering to families (dying sons and grieving parents feature throughout the epic)

Question 2

Stephen Harrison

Answer 2

suggests a link between theme of early death and the death of Augustus’ nephew Marcellus

Question 3

Characters who die an early death

Answer 3

Pallas

Lausus