Parallel Description Example

The parallel description It is the description that is made of two people or characters, in which their characteristics are contrasted by means of apposition, so that certain characteristics and differences between each of the characters stand out with greater emphasis and force. The parallel description it can be done on real or fictional characters.

The description of parallel is together with the prosopography, the etopeia, the literary portrait, the literary self portrait, the laudatory and the caricature, one of the biographical literary figures where a description of a character is given.

Parallel description example:

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavio, was a sickly young man, with a weak complexion, to whom his physical efforts caused a certain aversion; he preferred studies, letters, history, geography, and the study of philosophy. He was careful with what he ate, trying not to overdo it, both because of his fragile health and because of the teachings of the Stoic philosophers.

On his part, Marco Antonio was a tough guy, used to military life and the exhaustion that it entails. He was a regular gambler and drinker, lavish in spending his own and someone else's, a bad payer of his debts but an exacerbated collector with his debtors.

César Octavio was the son of Julia, Julius Caesar's sister; He was raised as the son of the wealthy nobility of Rome with the luxuries and comforts that it carried, but he was not used to the luxuries in spite of it. He was always under the care of his family, because of his sickly body. He was not gifted for war, which is why he was kept away from military duties to avoid his premature death. He was a person dedicated to studies more than to other tasks, but due to the events that occurred after the death of his adoptive father, Julius Caesar, he became involved more and more in public affairs, entering together with Generals Marco Antonio and Lepido, in the war against Marcus Brutus, Cassius and Tenth Brutus, who were supported by much of the Senate.

While he was not an exceptional warrior, he was instead a politician and strategist, capable of having the temperance and coolness necessary to carry out his plans.

Unlike Marco Antonio, Octavio had the gift of good oratory, very necessary to convince in demagogic Roman politics, making alliances with the powerful of Rome. Despite his great virtues, Octavio was unscrupulous when they got in the way of his aspirations, as happened when Octavio he treacherously made public the testament of Mark Antony, making the Roman people see that he wanted to reign together with Cleopatra in territories Romans. Convincing the people and the Senate through his gift of oratory.

In contrast, Marco Antonio was a bold and courageous military man but short-sighted when it came to politics and diplomacy, as well as a bad orator, things very necessary to maintain power in Rome. Marco Antonio was the typical conqueror of women and libertine who, apart from fighting, dedicated his time to the malicious leisure of carnal enjoyment, to Unlike Octavio who preferred abstinence from unnecessary pleasures, such as the enjoyment of delicacies, with which Marco Antonio gave free rein to gluttony.

He was an example for his soldiers, both for his personal courage and courage, and for his energetic way of commanding the troops and suffering with his soldiers fatigue, sweat and dust.

Personally, he was known for being an unscrupulous person who did not mind getting his hands stained with the blood of his enemies.