How does Virgil emphasise Juno’s hatred for the Trojans in these lines? (8 marks)

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Tetracolon emphasises the number of reasons that Juno has to hate the Trojans

‘Iudicium Paridis’, ‘iniuria formae’, ‘genus invisum’, ‘Ganymedis honores’ - meaning ‘judgement of Paris’, ‘insult done to her beauty’, ‘hated race’, ‘snatched Ganymede’

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2

Fire imagery highlights Juno’s anger and emphasises the danger this poses to the Greeks

‘Accensa’ - meaning ‘fired’

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3

Polysyndeton highlighting the endless list of reasons for Juno’s hatred of the Trojans

‘Et’ repeated, meaning ‘and’

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4

Word choice and enclosing word order contrasting her love for the Greeks with her anger at the Trojans

‘Caris … Argis’, meaning ‘beloved Greeks‘

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Emphatic placement of time phrases to emphasise the extent of Juno’s anger and grudge towards the Trojans

‘Errabant’ and ‘manet’, meaning ‘wandered’ and ‘remained’

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