![]() In the “Aeneid,” Turnus’ killing is necessary and justified. Yet "The Aeneid” ends with Turnus’ death and no call for remorse. Story EndingsĪlthough both epics end with a hero’s death, in "The Iliad” Achilles is begged to return Hector’s desecrated corpse to his father, Priam, for a proper funeral rite. However, the motive of revenge that drives Achilles to murder is absent for the hero of "The Aeneid" until, with the enemy leader pleading for his life, Aeneas discovers that Turnus has killed his beloved ally, Pallas. Near the end of both wars, each hero must face and kill a final foe: as Achilles kills Hector, the bravest of the Trojan army, Aeneas kills the hero of the Latins, Turnus. He fights so that his people will have a place to live, a new homeland. On the other hand, Aeneas is guided from his homeland of Troy by a sense of duty to fulfill his destiny. He wants no part in the Trojan War and refuses to fight until his young companion, Patroclus, is killed by Hector. The hero of "The Iliad,” Achilles, is brave but vain, respected but misguided by emotion. ![]()
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