Sophocles expresses this savagery with the opening image of "sea girt Lemnos1". Island of Lemnos which the sea cuts of Philoctetes off from the rest world forces him into savagery. ... The rocks, the savage sea, storms and rough winds encircle Philoctetes in his solitude struggling for survival. ... The rough sea and Lemnos is thus an image which can be representative of someone who is located in between savagery and civilization. ... Philoctetes metaphorical death to his old heroic past and his literal death by him surviving on this harsh island are brought together through th...

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Evander, for example, is a man whose simple, peaceful existence suggests he is a character who the audience will want to sympathise with. His son, Pallas, is the "only source of joy" for the old man. ... Aeneas' hatred of war instils "great tides of grief" in his heart; this metaphor is especially fitting in a society which relies upon the sea for transport and food, and expresses the pain felt by Aeneas and his followers when they realise that they must fight against a people they wish to attain an alliance with. ... Virgil implies that man reverts to a primal, savage...

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