Product Description

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

CliffsNotes on Aeneid takes you on the journey of a band of survivors who leave their destroyed city to seek another home in a faraway country. Woven from myth and legend, the story is about rebirth, about life springing forth from ruin and death.

This study guide will help navigate the voyages of the Trojans and uncover their significance in Virgil’s time and today. You′ll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include

•  Character analyses of major players
• A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
• Critical essays
• A review section that tests your knowledge
• A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites

Classic literature or modern modern–day treasure — you′ll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118757 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Synopsis
More New and Revised Titles. The Best Just Got Better! Plus Glossary from Webster's New World Dictionary Anthem Atlas Shrugged Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Contender The Crucible The Fountainhead Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer Huckleberry Finn The Iliad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Inherit the Wind Jane Eyre Julius Caesar The Killer Angels King Lear The Lord of the Flies Macbeth 1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Trilogy The Once and Future King Othello The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace A Tale of Two Cities To Kill a Mockingbird Wuthering Heights See inside for the complete line-up of available CliffsNotes! Check Out the All-New CliffsNotes Guides To AOL(R), iMac , eBay , Windows(R) 98, Investing, Creating Web Pages, and more! More Than Notes! Cliffs Complete CliffsTestPrep CliffsQuickReview CliffsAP Over 300 CliffsNotes Available @ cliffsnotes.com Downloadable 24 hours a day Free daily e-mail newsletters Free tips, tricks, and trivia Free online CliffsNotes catalog Free self-assessment tools Freeware and shareware downloads

From the Back Cover
More New and Revised Titles. The Best Just Got Better! Plus Glossary from Webster's New World^™ Dictionary Anthem Atlas Shrugged Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Contender The Crucible The Fountainhead Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sharer Huckleberry Finn The Iliad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Inherit the Wind Jane Eyre Julius Caesar The Killer Angels King Lear The Lord of the Flies Macbeth 1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Trilogy The Once and Future King Othello The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace A Tale of Two Cities To Kill a Mockingbird Wuthering Heights See inside for the complete line–up of available CliffsNotes! Check Out the All–New CliffsNotes Guides To AOL^®, iMac^™, eBay^™, Windows^® 98, Investing, Creating Web Pages, and more! More Than Notes! Cliffs Complete^™ CliffsTestPrep^™ CliffsQuickReview^™ CliffsAP^™ Over 300 CliffsNotes Available @ cliffsnotes.com Downloadable 24 hours a day Free daily e–mail newsletters Free tips, tricks, and trivia Free online CliffsNotes catalog Free self–assessment tools Freeware and shareware downloads

About the Author
About the Author Suzanne Pavlos, a former high school teacher, currently works as a freelance writer and editor. Suzanne is also a certified social worker and is currently completing a residency in psychotherapy.

Customer Reviews

Misleading and inaccurate guide littered with mistakes
A 16-year-old student of mine recently completed an essay using the online version of this guide, and I could not believe the misleading and inaccurate conclusions he came to as a result. I did check to make sure he hadn't simply misunderstood, but no, I was astounded at the miscomprehensions and downright factual mistakes, that would lead any student using this to help their work actually to be marked down severely by any competent teacher. All of the class managed far better by using their own judgement than by using this book. To give a few examples, just from the character analysis of Aeneas: "Aeneas breaks [the golden] bough from a tree without difficulty" - this is simply untrue, as he has considerable difficulty, and Virgil describes it in detail; "In Book IX, when Aeneas is away in Pallenteum...even in his absence, his rule is respected" - again untrue, as disobedience to his orders actually leads war to break out; "Aeneas, a brave warrior, never allows his emotions to cloud his sense of duty" - this makes a mockery of the ending of the poem, where this is precisely what happens, as he kills a suppliant in a murderous rage; and the writer contradicts his own statements even within this one short section. I have serious doubts over whether the writer has understood the poem; and the inaccuracies are such that, if a student of mine wrote them, I would tell him off for not even reading the poem and make him do the work again. This is a catastrophe of a book.