Essay Archive - The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid
The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid
Throughout Virgil's Aeneid and Job from the Old Testament, great
obstacles block the paths of the protagonists. Mental and physical, anguish is
placed upon Job and Aeneas. Though both men suffer extreme pain, the extent and
content of the tribulations are different.
Job's suffering is placed upon him without provocation. Aeneas also
believes his ³pain [is] so great and unmerited!² (Virgil 2.89). Juno's hatred
towards the Trojans, however, is fueled by many things....
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