Juvenal's Third Satire Flashcards
(15 cards)
Main themes in Juvenal’s Third Satire
-Fire and collapsing Insulas
-Crowd, Noise and Traffic
-Dangers at Night
How is the tone and mood set in Juvenal’s satires, and who is it directed towards
-Critical and angry tone towards society
-Uses irony and hyperboles to describe incompetency of government/senate
What type of parody does Juvenal use and its effect
Uses epic parody to create a visceral and disturbingly violent image of death and suffering
Why is Juvenal known as the angry Satirist, what does his satires address
-Addresses societal issues in a direct and serious manner, unlike Horace
-Portrays suffering of poor, callous reluctance of society towards them
Who is the speaker in Juvenal’s Third Satire, and who is he
Umbricius, leaving Rome& going to Cumae
Examples of epic parody, how is it effective
-“Ucalegon already summoning a hose”
-He was a noble Trojan who had his palace burnt down in Troy- contemporary Romans face same problems
-Romans descended from Trojan Heros by are now poor and helpless
Quote for insula’s being small and uncomfortable, how is it effective
-“Cordus had a bed, too small for Procula”
-Comical exaggeration, Procula was a dwarf, poor housing conditions
Quote for the treatment of the rich, how is it effective
-“He’s suspected, and rightly so, of setting fire to his house”
-Assaracus (wealthy Roman) mansion burnt down, everyone pities him and gives him gifts
-He ends up wealthier then he was before his house burnt down
Who is a poor Roman who is left destitute
Cordus
How is Umbricius himself satirised/hypocrisy
-Blames foreigners for sharp increase in crime, does not recognise own faults
-Comes up with hyperbolised gruesome hypothetical scenarios involving suffering and death, cynical/bitter perspective makes him seem ridiculous and insane
Quote for Insulas being dangerous
Sleep soundly at the edge of ruin
Quote for traffic and noise on the roads
I’m forever trampled by mighty feet from every side
Quote for danger in the streets at night, how is it effective
-“Spending the whole night grieving, like Achilles for His friend”
-Reference to Homer’s Iliad, Achilles is a ferocious warrior who intensely griefs in a frenzied rage to avenge his friend
Quote for the rich being safe at night
He steers clear of him in the scarlet cloak
Quote for the once great Rome becoming crime infested and dangerous
Those generations, that witnessed a Rome where single prison sufficed
