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I believe that the ending of the Aeneid shows that Aeneas is very heroic. According to Webster’s New Dictionary, “a man of distinguished bravery” and “admired for his exploits.” Aeneas is very brave when he fights Turnus, especially because it is known that the gods are on his side. He successfully killed Turnus, which is an achievement that calls for admiration.


Turnus pleaded for his life, yet he did not deserve to have the privilege of being pardoned bestowed upon him. That is why Aeneas is looked up to for ending his life. I believe that when someone takes a life then the penalty of death should be reciprocated. A person who takes a life for revenge would usually not have my pardon either, but the poem takes place at a time where there was war and chaos, and so there would be no enforcement of punishing Turnus. Therefore, I believe it was right for Aeneas to take justice into his own hands by killing the man who killed Pallas.


We know that Aeneas was considering sparing his life, but when he saw the sword belt that used to belong to Pallas, he knew that Turnus deserved to be killed, just as he had killed Pallas. I think of it being the ancient form of the death penalty, which strongly gets my approval. The reason for Aeneas killing Turnus was out of vengeance and he felt it was the right thing to do. I agree with his decision and I would have done the same thing if I was in that position and living at that time.


A hero to me is a person that is brave and makes wise choices that are fair, as well as being morally and legally correct. In this case, Aeneas killed Turnus to reciprocate for Turnus killing Pallas. As the saying goes, eye for an eye;...

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