Question

Read the opening to Virgil's The Aeneid.

Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate,
Expelld and exil'd, left the Trojan shore.
Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,
And in the doubtful war, before he won
The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town;
Which theme is the author most likely to develop in this work of literature?
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A. The impossibility of escaping fate
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B. The story of a man who founded a town
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C. The madness and absurdity of war
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D. The long and difficult road to success

Answer 1

The impossibility of escaping fate

Answer: Option A.

Step-by-step explanation:

The following excerpt has been taken from the poem written by Virgil. The name of the poem is "The Aeneid". The main message or the theme of the poem is that one can not run away from the fate and destiny. What is written in the fate of a particular person, will happen. There is no running away from that.

There are certain lines in the poem which prove this theme of impossibility of escaping the fate. Those lines are "Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate", "The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town". These show that destiny can not be escaped.