<p>does anyone know any scene in literature (besides roman and greek, I'm looking for something liek classic and modern literature) where a scene is similiar to Priam's death in the aeneid? Priam's death is described as his mutilated body on the destitute shore--pitiful and the emblem of Troy's fall from greatness to pitifulness. </p>
<p>I want to connect it to scene similiar to that but i can't think of one. =/</p>
<p>lol, jesus</p>
<p>my teacher is against biblical references...=/</p>
<p>Against biblical references? That doesn't sound like a very good lit teacher....</p>
<p>^ agreed...even if you aren't religious, you can't deny that a lot of imagery and symbolism is based on the Christian-Judeo Tradition...</p>
<p>Well think of it this way. Look for other messianic characters in other books, it's just a step removed.
But it is ridiculous that a lit teacher wouldn't like biblical references, you can find them anywhere</p>
<p>Hmmm... I read this a couple years ago, but Finny's (Phinny's?) death in "A Seperate Peace" signifying the inevitable end to childhood? That's kind of lame but it was the first thing I thought of when I thought "death" and "modern lit".</p>
<p>What about Simon's death in Lord of the Flies? His body gets washed from the shore into the ocean and LotF is filled with symbolism.</p>
<p>btw did Priam die that way in the Aeneid? I believe Hector was the one who ended up all mutilated, while Priam got killed after the Trojan Horse was brought into Troy.</p>
<p>Yes, Priam died the night the wooden horse was brought into the temple. Priam put on his old, rusted armor in a last ditch effort to stop Pyrrhus. I believe Pyrrhus went after one of Priam's sons first, killed him, and then went for Priam while Hecuba and her daughters were huddled somewhere (around an altar?). Before he died, Priam said something about Achilles. Deiphobus, Priam's son who also married Helen, was also mutilated because Helen had hidden all the weapons.</p>
<p>Actually, I was thinking of Lord of the Flies as well, but the details are very fuzzy in my mind.</p>