Theme Of Fate In The Aeneid
Throughout Virgil’s Aeneid, fate is what drives the way the story goes. Juno is a queen of gods, she trying to take revenge and trying to prevent Aeneas and Trojans from going to the Italy. She undisguised her anger and hatred of the Trojans, because she knows Trojans, who will later become Italian will destroy her favorite city-Carthage. If Juno is an opponent of Aeneas’s fate, then Aeneas’s mother Venus will be his protector. Both Juno and Venus interfere Aeneas’ fate, although they are contrary. Aeneas is a hero, but he is also an object of faith. Some people believe Aeneas is ungrateful and he did wrong Dido because he is the one causes Dido’s death. However, Aeneas’ life is control by the fate and prophecy that the gods and goddesses have