Book 4 - Dido's downfall Flashcards
Plot, Characters and Themes of Book 4 (18 cards)
In one line, what happens in Book 4? 🩷💍⚰️
Dido falls in love with Aeneas who reciprocates after the Goddesses, Juno and Venus, intervene, however the book ends in Dido’s suicide after Aeneas’ fate to leave is re-asserted by Jupiter.
What are the 1️⃣4️⃣ main events from the beginning to the end of Book 4?
1) Dido gets advice and instigation from her Anna (sis)
2) Dido wanders the streets in her infatuation and soon begins to neglect her town
3) Juno suggests to Venus that Aeneas and Dido should wed. Venus agrees though knowing Aeneas fate.
4) Juno and Venus hatch the cave plan.
5) Aeneas, Dido, and others go hunting. Thunder hits, they’re separated, and they ❤️ in the cave
6) After Dido and Aeneas marry, Iarbas prays to Jupiter in desperation.
7) Jupiter sends Mercury to Aeneas, who reminds him of his fate.
8) Aeneas secretly forms a plan to leave, but Dido finds out.
9) They argue. Aeneas explains that he must leave but Dido is furious and in disbelief, she wishes for his punishment. She runs back to the Kingdom and faints.
10) Aeneas prepares to leave while Dido begs Anna to get her closure from Aeneas.
11) Dido begins to prepare for her death, behind the facade of a burning of Aeneas’ belongings.
12) She sets up a pyre and sees her future of loneliness.
13) Using witchcraft Dido curses Aeneas in; an untimely death before his Kingdom, war, viewing innocent deaths, and for Tyrians to hate his descendants.
14) Aeneas leaves. Dido kills herself and is found by Anna, who reprimands Dido’s actions/trickery in her despair.
What is Book four known as? 😱
Dido’s downfall
Aeneas in Book 4
What attributes does Aeneas demonstrate in Book 4?
1) ProtoRoman
2) Piety (duty to Gods, state and family)
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Dido - Fate, Prophecy, Omen - Quotes (5)
“this day was the beginning of her death…“
“the Fates forbade it and blocked his ears to all appeals.”
“she had seen her destiny and was afraid”
“Let there be war between the nations and between their sons forever”
“dying not by the decree of Fate or by her own deserts but… before her time… sudden blaze of madness
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Dido - Literary Tech - Quotes (4)
“lit a fire of wild love in her sister’s breast”
“like a wounded doe”
“like a bacchant”
“three times she raised herself… Three times she fell…“
Who does Juno send down to end Dido’s death?
Iris
How might we blame Dido’s death on Anna? Give two reasons
10 Anna “lit a fire of wild love in her sister’s breast”
2) Dido blames her as the first to put her “at the mercy of” her “enemy”
Who is Dido’s husband?
Sychaeus
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Aeneas - Family - Quotes (2)
“the troubled spirit of my father”
“you owe him the land of Rome and the kingdom of Italy”
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Aeneas - AugRome - Quotes (3)
“His sword was studded with yellow stars of jasper… Tyrian purple”
“you owe him the land of Rome and the kingdom of Italy”
“But Aeneas was faithful to his duty.”
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Aeneas - Fate, Prophecy, Omen - Quotes (4)
“…the man to rule an Italy pregnant with empire… the whole world under his laws.”
“the land the Fates have decreed him”
“It is not by my own will that I search for Italy.”
“the Fates forbade it and blocked his ears to all appeals.”
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General - Gods - Quotes (5)
“one woman has been overthrown by the arts of two gods!”
“this day was the beginning of her death…“
“it was not for this that she twice rescued him”
“…the man to rule an Italy pregnant with empire… the whole world under his laws.”
“It is not by my own will that I search for Italy.”
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Aeneas - Characterisation - Quotes (2)
“His sword was studded with yellow stars of jasper… Tyrian purple”
“this second Paris… dripping with perfume”
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General - Women - Quotes (1) 🪲
“Women are unstable creatures”
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General - Values - Quotes (3)
“His sword was studded with yellow stars of jasper… Tyrian purple”
“a hundred huge temples… altars” (Iarbas)
“But Aeneas was faithful to his duty.”
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General - Homeric Reference - Quotes (1)
“three times she raised herself… Three times she fell…“
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General - Portrayal of Nations - Quotes (1)
“Let there be war between the nations and between their sons forever”
