Pathos in Battle

Pathos in Battle

1. Youth dying

   • E is introduced to us as beautiful and young
   • less experienced in battle: E
   • because E is caught and killed, N is killed too
     • poignant
     • futile
   • 'both young and old'
   • members of society that should be protected
   • dramatic + tense + sad

2. Loss of heroes

   • Volcens dies
     • good leader
       • could lead 300 men
       • authoritative
   • victims of E's berzerk
     • Rhoetus loses his dignity
       • dies brutally
       • hides behind a large bowl
     • 'Fadus and Herbesus... Rhoetus and Abaris'
       • names of soldiers
       • they fought too
   • N dies
     • E dies, so he does too

3. People change/ Bloodlust

   • 'No less was the slaughter of E'
     • shocking since he looks like a boy
   • 'He went for Fadus...'
     • he was first introduced to us as good
     • kills the innocent
   • 'Enough punishment has been made'
     • first time E doesn't listen to N
     • punishment for what?
     • vengence

4. Man vs Nature

   • 'the deceptive woods'
     • Pathetic fallacy
       • soldiers begin to doubt everything: paranoid
       • futility of war
         • the best of nature seems dark
   • 'shadow of the night'
     • inevitable death
       • futility of war
   • 'fear deceived him'
     • feelings take control instead of becoming more stoic
     • Men are weak
   • 'just as a purple flower cut down by the plough'
     • Man wins by force and by picking on those that are weak

5. Nisus and Euryalus

   • N throws himself to save E
   • both die
   • N and E were always together
   • their friendship dies
     • it is forgotten in the story
     • Virgil believes their story will carry on to be told
       • because he wrote it down
   • Without E, N feels lost
   • first time N feels fear
     • is when he is without E

6. Lust for glory

   • 'for the glory of the deed is enough for me'
     • soldiers try to become respected but that leads to dangerous tasks
     • ironic: N is remembered to be a good friend not a good warior
     • lives reduced to dying in glory