Genre
Historical biographic book
Setting and Context
The book is written in the context of a biographical study.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative and point of view
Tone and Mood
Informative, satirical, enlightening, moving
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are Romulus and Theseus.
Major Conflict
The major conflict comes when Plutarch deviates from the main points of discussion and focuses on less known characters in the contemporary audiences leaving readers confused.
Climax
The climax comes when Romulus and Theseus fall from their powers due to involvement in corruption.
Foreshadowing
Lack of moral standings from the onset foreshadowed the downfall of great leaders Like Romulus and others in ancient history.
Understatement
Political leadership is understated in the text because leaders have prioritized self-interest at the expense of the poor citizens.
Allusions
The story alludes to the biographical history of ancient Greek figures.
Imagery
An example of the imagery in the text is the description of Theseus' ship, which depicts sight imagery to readers. The decayed parts that were regularly removed from the ship also depict smell imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that the leaders who are described as great are all corrupt with incident character. For instance, Romulus and Theseus are all accused of corruption and rape, among other negative vices.
Parallelism
There is parallelism in the lives of the unfortunate Antony and Cleopatra.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Domestic violence and corruption are incarnated as having the human abilities to bring down kingdoms.
