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- Anna encourages Dido to keep Aeneas in Carthage by warning him of the dangers of sailing in winter storms. Dido's doubts easily vanish, and she gives herself to passion.
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For the moment, consumed by love, Dido allows the work of city building to fall by the wayside. Juno sees Dido’s love for Aeneas as a way to keep Aeneas from going to Italy. Pretending to make a peace offering, Juno suggests to Venus that they find a way to get Dido and Aeneas alone together.
Nov 30, 2012 · Not having slept during the night, Dido seeks out her sister Anna the following morning and tries to articulate her thoughts and feelings. Despite her emotional turmoil, her speech is well structured, in two different….
Anna encourages Dido to let herself love. Anna argues that a marriage with Aeneas makes emotional sense (since Dido won't waste her youth in loneliness) and tactical sense (since Carthage is surrounded by enemies, including King Iarbus of a nearby nation whose love Dido had spurned, and could use an alliance like this).
Anna's counsel increases Dido's lust for Aeneas, but, unable to act on this passion, the queen languishes helplessly, neglecting her once-paramount project, the half-built new city of Carthage. Dido and Aeneas's relationship catches the attention of Juno and Venus.
Dido, harnessing her strong will and sense of honor, is on the cusp of sublimating her feelings for Aeneas until Anna encourages her to love once again. Dido’s trust in Anna’s opinion inadvertently aids Venus’s aim.
Jun 12, 2018 · Since Dido kills herself, her soul is not allowed to be accompanied to the underworld by Mercury. Instead the goddess Juno sends Iris to release Dido’s spirit:
> She encourages Dido to let herself love > Anna argues that a marriage with Aeneas makes sense, as she won't waste her youth in loneliness, and tactical sense, as Carthage is surrounded by enemies, so they could benefit from an alliance like this.
