Jenkyns AENEID

Question 1

views Dido and Aeneas episode as

Answer 1

self-contained tradgedy -> no one to blame

Question 2

Aristotle

Answer 2

Tragedy is about a great person who makes a mistake - they can’t be wholly good or wholly bad

Question 3

Tragic protagonist has to have a

Answer 3

fatal flaw

Question 4

View on Didos love for Aeneas

Answer 4

not a flaw- forced on her by the gods, moral struggle is whether to act on these feelings

Question 5

wild weather when aeneas and dido are in the cave symbolises

Answer 5

their passion

Question 6

Our expectation of Dido&Aeneas’ relationship

Answer 6

we know he can’t stay in Carthage, no precedent from previous epics for Didos reaction

Question 7

Virgil wanted Aeneas to be

Answer 7

imperfect

Question 8

Aeneas in the first half?

Answer 8

uncertain, ordinary human difficulties

Question 9

Aeneas in second half?

Answer 9

moves towards victory (after parade of heroes bk.6)

Question 10

what kind of hero is Aeneas?

Answer 10

feels too much- not stoic

not Roman- Rome doesn’t exist yet, he remains in mythical world

Question 11

Aeneas has the

Answer 11

“burden of destiny”