Plot summary Flashcards
1
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Opening of the book
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- Depiction of how deeply Dido loves Aeneas
- Unsettling, violent, imagery, ‘love’s deadly wound’
- Establishment of the nature of her love as wholly destructive; ‘love gave her body no peace or rest’
2
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Conversation with Anna
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- Dido tells Anna that ‘ever since the death of my poor husband Sychaeus’ she has made a vow to never love another man (shows her pietas)
- Tells Anna that she is tempted to ‘rescind its laws’ (the laws she has set for herself regarding falling in love again), but is still very much against the idea
- Anna tries to convince her to try her hand with Aeneas
1. ‘without knowing the delight of children’ Anna tries to tell Dido that since she has not had children, Aeneas is a good opportunity to do so
