Analysis of The Aeneid and Hades

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What is the tone of the excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil?

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Grim and wretched.

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Which two quotes from The Aeneid best support the answer to Part A?

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A whirlpool thick with sludge, its giant eddy seething, vomits all of its swirling sand into Cocytus. (lines 2–4)

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What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?

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It illustrates the speaker’s fears about the boats.

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What is the meaning of the phrase 'old age in a god is tough and green' in line 12 of The Aeneid?

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As gods age, they stop taking care of themselves.

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What is the effect of the imagery in lines 13–27 of The Aeneid?

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It gives modern readers a deeper understanding of the speaker.

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What is the effect of the words used to describe the whirlpool in lines 2–3 of The Aeneid?

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The poet conveys a tone of disgust.

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What is the effect of the narrator’s use of the word 'you' throughout the excerpt from Hades: Lord of the Dead?

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It makes the reader feel like part of the story.

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How is Cerberus characterized by both words and illustrations in Hades: Lord of the Dead?

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Loyal and territorial

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According to the description of the crowded shores of Erebus in Hades: Lord of the Dead, how do the anonymous dead view the living?

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As nothing at all.

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What is the author's most likely purpose in telling the story of Hades: Lord of the Dead as a graphic novel?

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To engage a new generation of readers in an ancient story.