1. Describe the character of Aeneas. What later heroes might be modeled on him?
2. Describe the character of Dido.
3. Dido is one of the many abandoned women in literature; what emotions lead her to her extreme reaction? What have other women in similar situations done?
4. Look at the use of natural phenomena as images in the Aeneid, choosing one to follow. Examples might be mist, storm, the sea, animals, any of the four elements.
5. Give an example of what Aeneus finds or does in the Underworld that is different from Odysseus' journey there.
6. What are the political underpinnings of the Aeneid, what subtext is Virgil promoting here? There are several apects that can be mentioned here.
The Metamorphosis
1. Find a modern equivalent (any genre) of one of the stories in The Metamorphosis.
