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The World of the Hero: Virgil (Component 1)
Quick questions on Furor, fatum and the cost of empire - OCR Classical Civilisation
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How does Virgil present the destiny of Rome in this passage?Show answer
Refer to the passage. [10 marks]
What is furor?Show answer
Against fate stands furor, destructive passion and chaos:
What is the cost of empire?Show answer
Virgil makes the human cost of Rome's founding a recurring, deliberate theme. The poem is strewn with the deaths of sympathetic figures:
What is q1?Show answer
Read the passage from Aeneid Book 1 in which Jupiter prophesies Rome's future. How does Virgil present the destiny of Rome in this passage? Refer to the passage.
What is q2?Show answer
'Furor is a more powerful force in the Aeneid than fatum.' To what extent do you agree? [marked out of 20; real H408/11 tariff is 30]
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