Flaws In The Aeneid

Have you ever attempted to remove a weight from your chest by simply putting it onto the chest of another? Virgil is the author of the pronounced epic, known as the Aeneid. Virgil is an outstanding poet from Italy who is well-known for many works. In the Aeneid Virgil exhibits how it is human nature to push guilt and blame onto others.

It is a well known fact that humans have flaws and not accepting ridicule in the form of blame or guilt-inducing thoughts is one of those flaws. Dealing with your decisions that you made can easily be “solved” by blaming someone else who made an impact on your process of making the decision. That idea is completely false because the actual issue is not resolved, only your perspective on it is elucidated. “The

Like Murdock said pointing fingers is much easier than actually dealing with the problems you cause through your actions. Instead of buckling up and handling the mess you made, making up excuses or shoving the blame onto someone else is the much more popular choice of action. A way to rid of this behavior is by learning to accept consequences and deal with them in the most selfless way possible. Let’s take a look at what exactly causes us to naturally want to take blame or guilt and put it in the possession of another. Man is an imperfect being as I previously stated. One of those imperfections includes the trait of denial. “Do we blame others because we want to escape the consequences or is it possible to embrace those consequences? There’s no right or wrong answer. It all boils down to what resonates inside.” (Murdock). Embracing consequences would

Acceptance is an essential factor in dealing with receiving blame and retaining guilt. In an article by Diane Murdock, she talks about how it is easier for humans to want to dish blame and guilt onto others. She wrote the article because of her personal experiences in dealing with the acceptance of blame. This ties to Virgil’s views when he writes about how Aeneas needed the attribute of acceptance and to admit his own faults in his approach to helping Dido from suffering. Virgil, of course, wrote Aeneas’ flawed approach to create a reason for Dido’s anger which made the story what it is today. Aeneas purposely intended for Dido to be enraged instead of upset because he could not undergo the guilt of causing her depression. “It is much easier to find someone else to be the reason for our problems than it is for us to carry around the burden of our decisions.” (Murdock) This statement tells about how we as humans would rather have other people be affected by our decisions than we would ourselves. It is clear to see that it is not the forcing of blame and guilt but the lack of acceptance and learning to how to deal with it that is the