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Hello.. My topic is The Symbol of Fire, i want 5 pages essay with the three supporting sentence each point explain what happened with The Symbol of Fire on the first story ,The second point explain at the middle , then at the end of the story.. This is the story http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.4.iv.html I will upload the guidelines, also i want planning page ( outline ) with 1.Topic 2.Limited Topic 3.Three points 4.Clustering ( very important ) i want 3 pages that on each point on one of them with supporting sentence .Thesis Statement 6.Topic Outline
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The Symbol of Fire in The Aeneid. Outline
I. Topic: Fire serves three roles in The Aeneid, each having a unique purpose within the
narrative. There are instances when the fire is also used to symbolize life and love, which
reflects the importance of these feelings in human existence as well as their role in
negative feelings. On most occasions, however, it is used to symbolize destruction and
devastation in order to show how characters respond to negative emotions such as anger
and sadness. Finally, fire is also used to symbolize power and how it can be used for
different purposes.
II. Limited Topic: Fire is used to symbolize both love and destruction within the entire narrative.
The destructive force of fire becomes much more obvious in the later part of the
narrative, as fire is used to symbolize how love concerts into anger and how anger and
passion leads to violence.
III. Supporting Points:
A. An example of fire being used to symbolize love is when Dido falls in love with
Aeneas. Even the decision of Aeneas and Dido to get married is symbolized through the
image of fire Dido’s confession of her love for Aeneas is also described with the help of
fire (Jefferis 90). The narrative suggests love is a strong driving force that makes the
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character engage in reckless behaviors, including hurting others or oneself. Marcel use
the symbol of fire to refer to on the type of love that is characterized by passion and
impulsivity.
B. In Aeneid, fire is used to show destruction in several instances, including the
destruction of Troy and Aeneas’ past. For instance, the destruction of Troy is
foreshadowed by the snakes coming from Tenedos, where the Greeks are known to be
hiding. When the snakes come out of the water, they trash around in a manner that
resembles fire. More so, the snakes have fiery eyes. Marcel suggests fire can often
manifest in form of violence. Just as in the case of passionate love, anger and fury can
lead to impulsivity and, consequently, to reckless behaviors (Jefferis 91). It can be said
that both passionate love and anger have a common component, namely, passion. Passion
may, in fact, be the element that allows both love and hate as manifested within the
context of this narrative be symbolized through fire.
Fire is not only used to reflect the destruction of Troy and Aeneas but also of Hector.
is warned of the potential destruction of Hector through a dream. Once she wakes up,
Aneas sees the fire of Troy, which resembles a mountain torrent. In this case, the image
of fire does not only represent the destruction of Troy’s past but its complete destruction.
The flames that destroy Troy are controlled by the Greeks. This becomes obvious when
King Priam of Troy is assassinated by Pyrrhus. Aeneas also sees the ashes of Ilium,
which reflects how his past has been affected by the same flames that destroyed Troy
(Jefferis 93).
C. The connection between love and destruction through fire is consistently reminded of
sudden changes in how fire is depicted throughout the narrative. Often, almost at the
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same time, fire is used to symbolize love, fury, passion, and rage. An example of the
connection between love and destruction can be observed when Helens’ extreme passion
for Paris leads to the destruction of both Aeneas’ and Troy’s past. When Aeneas
encounters Helen, he becomes furious and feels the desire of killing her as a way of
revenging for what happened to Troy. Aeneas’ mother tries to convince him to show
mercy, as it was the gods who killed Troy. There are other instances when Aeneas
“burns” with fury and passion, such as when he is willing to fight and die in battle. Many
would consider Aeneas’ choice a wrong one, as he could have taken the penates and
escape Troy but he chooses to listen to the “flames” of passion and to die in battle in the
hope of glory (Jefferis 94).
IV. Clustering:
A. Fire is represented a dual dimension.
1. Fire represents the power of love.
2. Power represents the power of hate and destruction
B. The dual dimension of fire is connected by passion.
1. All acts committed in the name of love or passion are characterized by passion,
which leads to impulsivity and reckless behaviors.
C. Fire is also used to represent an independent dimension.
1. The independent dimension of fire is power. Power can be used to harm others or
to deter power. When the fire is represented as the power it is a distinct dimension
from the dual dimension of power. This different comes from the fact that power
in the narrative is not dependent upon passion, while love and hate in the context
of the narrative always are.
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Works Cited
Jefferis, Sibylle. "The Influence of the Trojan War Story on the Nibelungenlied: Motifs,
Characters, Situations." Mediaevistik 28.1 (2015): 87-98.
Mack, Sara. "Vergil, Aeneid 2. 250–2." The Classical Quarterly (New Series) 30.01 (1980): 153158.
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The Symbol of Fire in The Aeneid
In The Aeneid, fire is one of the most recurring images. The present paper argues that fire
serves three roles in The Aeneid, each having a unique purpose within the narrative. There are
instances when the fire is also used to symbolize life and love, which reflects the importance of
these feelings in human existence as well as their role in negative feelings. On most occasions,
however, it is used to symbolize destruction and devastation in order to show how characters
respond to negative emotions such as anger and sadness. Finally, fire is also used to symbolize
power and how it can be used for different purposes.
The Aeneid is a well-known Latin poem that was written by Virgil between 29 and 19
BC. The poem narrates the story of Aeneas, a legendary Trojan who travels to Italy to become
the ancestor of the Romans. The poem is separated into two parts. The first part of the poem tells
the story of Aeneas’s adventures through his journey from Troy to Italy while the second part of
the poem tells the story of the victorious war of Trojans upon the Latins (Mack 153). The
distinction between the two parts of the narrative is also reflected by the meaning fire has in each
part of the story. More specifically, whi...