In the Aeneid, Juno knows that people from Troy will bring the end to her beloved city, Carthage. However, she delays Aeneus trips and tries to mess him up all the way even though she knows that Carthage is destined to fall. The question is why fight the inevitable. But why fight? Towards the end, Juno knows that her city is going to fall and enjoys Aeneus's pain to help her deal with hers. As humans, we ourselves try to fight the inevitable and it is a clear parallel between Juno and humans in the sense that everyone wants to go down fighting. Most humans are vengeful when it comes to the people they love and in my opinion Juno may not be in the right but she is rebelling against destiny which is hopeless but admirable. Destiny may be against us but the last thing that humans lose is hope.
PS i commented on "the affair."
I totally agree. Humans never give up without a fight even when the odds are stacked against them and they know they aregoing to lose. I mean, where's the glory and honor of only fighting when you are garenteed to win. The ones that we remember are those valiant souls who charge into battle, knowing full well that they will probably not return from this battle alive, refusing to allow the enemy to break their spirits or crush their dreams.
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