The Aeneid
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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 s ....
Middle of paper
.... an image of Roman men and how irresistible they are to women by making Dido
forget about her duties just for Aeneas.
We can also see a lack of confidence by the people of Carthage. The people of
Carthage feel like they don’t have a leader and are being left to fend for themselves.
They feel Dido is not paying any attention to her city, only Aeneas. The effect of this is
that the reader feels that Dido should stop goofing around and pay attention to her city. It
makes the characters loo ....
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Word count: 490
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
