Consider the final paragraph and the simile. What is Pliny's advice?
Don't be predictable.
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Why was Minicia worthy of 'immortality'?
She was 'just under fourteen but as wise as an old woman and sedate as a matron without losing her girlish sweet and virginal modesty.'
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How did she endure her illness?
'She did as she was told by the doctors and she cheered up her sister and her father'. Her spirit and determination drove her on, even when her body weakened.
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Why was her death particularly bitter?
She was engaged to marry an excellent young man and the date was set with everyone invited.
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How did her father, Fundanus, cope with her death?
He ordered that 'the money that had been delegated to clothes, pearls and gems for the wedding be spent on incense, ointments and spices for the funeral'.
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How does Pliny advise Aefulanus to treat Fundanus?
Not to use 'conventional expressions of consolation that he might construe as reproof but to be soft and sympathetic' should he write to him during his 'justifiable grief.'
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Card 2
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Why was Minicia worthy of 'immortality'?
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She was 'just under fourteen but as wise as an old woman and sedate as a matron without losing her girlish sweet and virginal modesty.'
Card 3
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How did she endure her illness?
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Card 4
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Why was her death particularly bitter?
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Card 5
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How did her father, Fundanus, cope with her death?
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