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Aeneid HLT
It was an early summer mourning when the ship of Aeneas washed up on the
shores of Carthage, an event that would effect the queen of Carthage forever. When a
love affair breaks out between Aeneas and Queen Dido the great queen has an internal
conflict between passion and responsibility. This is shown through guilt, lack of
confidence by her people, and tragedy.
Didos guilt shows her conflict. Thro ....
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.... the characters look down on the queen, and begin to loose faith in her. Virgil was
trying to rub it in even further that Roman men are irresistible to women. People are
loosing faith in Dido and all she cares about is Aeneas.
This conflict ends with tragedy in Didos life. Near the end of book four Aenaes
decides to leave Carthage and finish his mission. When this happens Dido is so
distraught she has a funeral pyre built and commits suicide. This causes the people to
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