Women Scholarship Flashcards
1
Q
What does Jenkyns say about the role of Creusa’s ghost in book 2?
A
Jenkyns ‘Creusa job is not to heighten the emotion but dampen it, hence why she refers to herself in third person’
2
Q
What does Jenkyns say about Virgil in regard to his opinion of women?
A
‘Virgil wasn’t a misogynistic’
3
Q
What does jenkyns say about cereus a vs dido?
A
‘Dido seeks to agitate aeneas, Creusa to calm and console him’
4
Q
What does jenkyns say about Camilla?
A
‘Camiila; delicate and savage; virginial and fierce
5
Q
How does Henderson describe Camilla?
A
Henderson ‘androgynous monster’
