Please respond to the following prompts in complete sentences. Use quotes when stipulated.
1. What do you reckon, should one love only once? If your spouse / partner dies should you remarry or find a new one? What are arguments for and against? Who does Dido speak to for advice?
2. Paraphrase the extended simile dealing with Cupid and hunting. Use a quote as support.
3. What were the ill effects of Dido's affections for Aeneas? Is this true? Does love overpower people and make them not do important things? If so, is it as important as society says it is?
4. We learn of two gods we hear in common, everyday English. Who are they and what do they represent?
5. Is this the typical, boy meets girl, boy love girl & girl loves boy, boy leaves girl story? Cliche or romantic? Use a quote as support.
6. Agree or disagree. Aeneas sacrifices his personal life for his future country.
7. Paraphrase the extended simile of the Trojans and ants.
8. Describe Dido's funeral pyre. Use a quote as support.
9. What future does Dido envisage for the future of Rome?
Due: Wednesday, 11.21 (before class)
1. What do you reckon, should one love only once? If your spouse / partner dies should you remarry or find a new one? What are arguments for and against? Who does Dido speak to for advice?
2. Paraphrase the extended simile dealing with Cupid and hunting. Use a quote as support.
3. What were the ill effects of Dido's affections for Aeneas? Is this true? Does love overpower people and make them not do important things? If so, is it as important as society says it is?
4. We learn of two gods we hear in common, everyday English. Who are they and what do they represent?
5. Is this the typical, boy meets girl, boy love girl & girl loves boy, boy leaves girl story? Cliche or romantic? Use a quote as support.
6. Agree or disagree. Aeneas sacrifices his personal life for his future country.
7. Paraphrase the extended simile of the Trojans and ants.
8. Describe Dido's funeral pyre. Use a quote as support.
9. What future does Dido envisage for the future of Rome?
Due: Wednesday, 11.21 (before class)
1. I think that people have a right to love multiple times. Love is an instinct that human beings naturally possess, and it is almost impossible to tether one's heart from deep affection. However, when your spouse or partner dies, it is not an indication for you to find a new partner. It could be argued that a loyal partner should stay a widow or widower for the rest of their life. However, grieving for the lost will not present you with an optimistic life, and therefore most would probably claim love as an intuitive, emotional drug. Dido speaks to her sister Anna, and is advised that life should be enjoyed through affection, even alongside the memory of a previously lost loved one.
ReplyDelete2. Not knowing that that "Cupid's arrow" burned "within her", Dido "wandered with Aeneas through...Carthage", as if she were prey shot by an unaware bowman, running on with an arrow speared through "its side" (134).
3. The ill effects of Dido's affection toward Aeneas were the ceasing Carthage's important activities of battle training and defense development. Distracted by Aeneas's affection, Dido spends precious time on personal pleasure, and not as a queen. This is true in real life; love can sidetrack one from other essential tasks in life. Love is significant, and spreads happiness, but can disorder ones lifestyle, and should be approached in a realistic manner.
4. The two gods we commonly hear in modern English is Rumor, and the Fates. Rumor, as we speak of today, swiftly spreads stories to people. She takes the form of a monster, and observes noteworthy stories with her many eyes, so that she can spread information. The Fates, similar to what we refer to it in modern english, are the three divine deciders of human "fate", or destiny. Aeneas refers to them as the deciders on the destruction of Troy.
5. I think that the love between Dido and Aeneas is pure cliche. When Dido hears of Aeneas's planned departure, she describes the only option after such an event as death. Dido, lost in deep love says: "Can neither our love nor our promise keep you here? Are you choosing to leave me..." (135). Dido, triggered by her deep affection toward Aeneas exaggerates her emotions as depicted in many other examples of cliche romanticism.
6. From the tone of the story, it seems as if Aeneas never really loved Dido as much as she loved him. Therefore, I disagree. I believe that the will of his father and the gods is far more important than that of an affectionate "not long ago" stranger, even if Aeneas did quote that he was giving up his personal wishes.
7. The Trojans diligently worked together and prepared their ships to leave, as if they were ants transporting cargo to their nests.
8. Dido disguises her planned death as a "strategy for returning Aeneas to her" and commands her sister to "construct a funeral pyre" to burn all of Aeneas's left behind possessions (136). After Aeneas's departure, she pierces herself by jumping on his sword. Out from sea, Aeneas witnesses the "funeral flames" that cremates Dido's body (137).
9. Dido curses the Trojans with a tragic future. She envisages the future Romans with wars, and claims them as eternal enemy of Carthage. She summons Apollo and Juno to hear her rage and make true her cruel wishes.
1. I think it is fine if people fall in love multiple times, but not at the same time. Also, if my husband passes away in the future, I would try to find a new partner. Some people may disagree with me, but I would move on because I would not want to die alone. Dido talks to her sister, Anna, for advice.
ReplyDelete2. Dido does not know that she was shot by the 'Cupid's arrow burning within her'(134). Dido is like the deer wandering 'with Aeneas through the city of Carthage' while the deer 'runs through the woods and meadows with the arrow hanging to its side'(134).
3. I think that love does overpower people from doing important things because you only think about that person and nothing else that you might make you forget about something important. I think it is important like what society says because it can be a motivation as well and not always a bad thing.
4. The two gods that are represented are Rumor and Fates. Rumor can be represented as gossip that goes around in today's daily conversations. Fates is also similar to our lives as we tend to say its fate that brought us together.
5. No, because Dido did not truly love him as Cupid's arrow made her fall in love with Aeneas. I think it was romantic because Aeneas "was reluctant to tell Dido" which shows how compassionate Aeneas is(135).
6. I agree that Aeneas sacrificed his personal life for his country because he left his lover, Dido, for Italy. On the other hand, I disagree because the Gods commanded him in a way to leave.
7. The 'black column of ants' represents the Trojans in which they worked together to prepare the ships for their journey to Italy(135).
8. Dido's funeral pyre was a plan to get Aeneas back that she commanded her sister "Construct a funeral pyre in the inner courtyard"(136). Then Aeneas 'saw the funeral flames rising' in Carthage(137).
9. Dido envisages the future of Rome to face wars and to witness his friends' deaths. Also, she cursed him that he will die early and left alone unburied.
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ReplyDelete1. I think it is okay to love few or several people because everyone makes mistakes and has to learn from that. The exception is that if the person who marries (usually the man) does not take responsibility for his actions. I think it is fine to do that because there are many people who took their second chance more seriously and actually learned for the mistake. If the person who you married dies, sure you can marry another person. But you still can’t forget about the dead person, deeply think about it and make the right decisions as possible. And also be careful to not get brainwashed by love since it is an emotional thing.
Dido speaks to Anna, her sister for advice frequently
2. He didn't know that she was shot by the “Cupid's arrow” (134). Dido "wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage”
3. In this chapter Dido affects Aeneis in an emotional way. But Aeneis is serious about accomplishing what the gods tell him to do. He realized that he was distracted by Dido in an emotional way and realizes that he has to get back to what he was originally doing. Even though he wants to resume his quest, Dido uses (what i call) her women power that is argue and argue with him. And she has many good reasons for her argument, but Aeneis still doesn’t change his mind at all.
4. One of the Greek gods which are mentioned a lot in modern English is Cupid, the god of desire and love. He is also known as the son of Venus. I sometimes hear the term “Cupid arrow” often. The other god is Chaos who is believed to be one of the first being in the universe. Today this word is used as a “complete disorder and confusion”.
5. I see it as a more cliche than a romantic thing, though it has elements of romance. This is a complex situation because it was the Cupid arrow that made her fall for Aeneis, therefore it was more of a fate. And it was also romantic since Dido is so in love with Aeneas that gets out of control and sacrifices herself by falling “upon the sword and died” (137)
6. Absolutely. He did sacrificed his love with Dido and comfort for his future country. He left to Italy not because he wanted to, but because it was a fate that the god have chosen
7. I think this is foreshadowing the next event that will happened and the “black column of ants”, (135) are shown as Aeneas and his companions.
8. She thought the idea of sacrificing her blood (life) to make her “ideal future “ happen. She “climbed on the high pyre” and “fell upon the sword and died” (137)
9. Dido’s ideal future is to curse Aeneas and companions by causing war for them and also have no connection with the Trojan race.
1. In my opinion, I think you should do whatever you want to do. As mortals, we have freedom, thus loving numerous times is acceptable. But in my rationale, I would choose not to remarry, because it would show betrayal and dishonor against the spouse. Although I might be going through sorrow, I’ll just make the best out of my abilities and my possessions. Dido asks Anna, her sister for an advice about their relationship.
ReplyDelete2. Dido takes Aeneas to the great city of Carthage for Cupid to shoot his arrow of Dido’s “burning desire” like an shepherd shooting and hunting a deer from a wide distance (134).
3. The ill effects of Dido leaves Carthage being a disorganized city, staying “idle” with unfinished buildings due to Dido’s distraction to Aeneas (134). I believe that love overpowers within yourself, in such ways that you can get distracted or go insane. Not only love, but other events in life can overpower your emotions. I can’t say that it is as important as society says it, but it is important depending on how much you are contributing and caring about it.
4. The two gods are Rumor and Fate. The text depicts Rumor as a god of gossips, but today in English, a rumor is a circulating uncertain story or gossips, which spreads around people. Same applies with Fates, it is used as a god in the text, but today, fate means ‘destiny’
5. I can see that this illustrates a common cliche situation of boy meets girl, but the Aeneid takes a twist to the cliche, and uses the interference and the dependance of gods. Although you could simply state that it is absolute cliche, the characters, Dido and Aeneas does not get to choose their own fate. Aeneas could’ve chosen to stay if he wanted, but since Jupiter convinced him to leave, he follows the gods’ instructions. Rumor “quickly informs” Dido about Aeneas’s departure (135). If Rumor did not exist, Dido would have not known anything about it, and it may have changed the outcome of the story.
6. I disagree because Aeneas thinks that he should take advantage of himself in the future, because “he is not free to choose what to do with life” (135). In addition, I think that Dido is just being dramatic all by herself, because Aeneas does not show any compassion, or feel burning desire for Dido. Therefore, it is acceptable for Aeneas to leave for Aeneas’s future life.
7. The Trojans had prepared together to depart Carthage, packing up and leaving as if it was a “black column of ants” working together as they do in reality (135).
8. Dido orders Anna to “construct a funeral pyre” so that Aeneas would see the burning flames from a distance, and Aeneas would return back to her with pity (136).
9. Dido envisages anathema to the future of Rome, wanting to cause a war, and death to all his friends and children confronting the war. Dido also mentions that Aeneas should die young and remain unburied and abandoned.
1. I think one can be in love multiple times. We humans do fall in love many times. If my spouse died, I would find a new partner and fall in love with her but still keep the spouse that passed away in my heart. Dying alone is not a good thing and having a new partner might be disrespectful to others, but keeping them in your heart and believing that they are always with you is what matters. Dido talks to her sister Anna, for advice
ReplyDelete2. The “Cupid’s arrow burning within her”, Dido, and she does not know and keeps on wanderes around the city with Aeneas like “a dear is struck with an arrow...and does not know it...” (134).
3. The ill effects of Didos affenctions for Aeneus was that she was distracted by Aeneus and was not acting like a queen. Dido was distracted by love. Love does overpower humans and can make them not do and care about the important things. I don’t think it is that much important because it is part of life.
4. The two Gods are Rumor, the Goddess of Gossips and Fate.
5. This is a cliche, and not a typical boy leaves girl story but similar. “Aeneas had departed” and Dido is left alone (136). As a conclusion, she kills herself.
6. I agree that Aeneas sacrificed his personal life for his country. He has left Dido, his lover behind in order to make it to Italy.
7. The “black column of ants” cooperated to depart for Troy.
8.Dido’s funeral pyre was to get Aeneas back. She commanded her sister to burn all of Aeneas’ stuff with her so that Aeneas will “take with him the omen of my death” (137).
9. Dido ensivages the future Romans will face war, and the death of Aeneas and all the people around him.
Kai
ReplyDelete1) There is no such thing as true love. There are feeling towards somebody that are different, but to say that one person is the "one" true love should not be true. Being in love is no believing that the first person u have a feeling for means that you are in love. When you are in love and have been in love for a long time, and then that partner dies, I think that a part of you dies with the person. Not only does that connection break off, but the idea of them sharing something forever also dies, meaning happiness, and their soul. Dido basically moved on from her dead husband once she saw Aeneas. The thing that has to be considered is that Venus made Dido fall in love with Aeneas, so this supports the fact about no "true love".
2) Like a deer being shot by an arrow, which then wanders through the forest without knowing, is like Dido wandering Carthage along side Aeneas, without knowing that "Cupid's arrow burning within her" (134).
3) Dido is distracting Aeneas from his importance in his journey to Italy, he can't train or focus on what he has to do. Aeneas is distracting Dido from her duties as Queen, she is focusing on more personal feeling and achievements instead of her cities. The Queen should put aside her emotions in order to make her city survive and live for many generations to come. In real life, there is a saying that "love is blind", and this means, that love will make you give up many things and make you blind to everything else.
4) Rumor and Fates are the two gods that we commonly hear in modern english. Rumors are like stories the spread around from one person to another really quickly. She is in a monster form who then observes noteworthy stories that a relevant to her, so she will then spread the information. The Fates, are just our destiny and what is meant to be, similar to what we refer to it in modern english, in the story they are the three divine deciders of human "fate", or destiny. They are referred to be the deciders on the destruction of Troy.
5) Typical fairytale, a total cliche. Dido has given up her "honor, fame and the political security" (135). This was given up for one man, and after meeting for the first time. She is being desperate, she is like, "pity me, and stay" (135). Romantic huh, feel bad for a lady, so just stay here and pretend to love her. Nothing romantic about this section, its just one person falling in love.
6) Actually, Aeneas seems to not really and truly love Dido. He was just being respectful since she is in the Queen of Carthage and since he is in her country. So, I think, Aeneas is being respectful and worthy enough to focus on his future and not taking any chances that could jeopardize that from happening. So his is sacrificing the chance to be a king, in order to make a future country and make it strong and noble.
7) Working together and preparing their ships to leave, the Trojans work with delight as if they were ants transporting their cargo into their nests.
8) Before Aeneas leaves, she constructs a funeral "in the inner courtyard" as a plan to vanquish her love for Aeneas (136). After his departure, "Dido fell up the sword and died" (137). Here, Aeneas sees the flames upon her corpse as he sails away.
9) After having her heart broken, Didp curses the Trojans, by summoning Apollo and Juno. She envisages the future of Rome, by predicting that there will be wars, and says that it will be an eternal enemy of Carthage.
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ReplyDelete1) I think that people should be able to love more than once. If your partner dies than they should be faithful to them and not remarry. That does not mean that they should fall into a depression but that moment in your life is a good way to remember your partner and recollect all the good memories that you had. Dido speaks to her sister Anna for advice and she tells Dido to enjoy life and her memories of her lost one.
ReplyDelete2) Dido was like a deer that was being shooten by a hunter that it could not see. She did not know that she was actually shot by "Cupid's arrow" (134)
3) Dido affects Aeneis emotionally. Aeneis is determined to finish what the Gods are telling him to do but Dido is emotionally distracting him. He does not want to get distracted so even when Dido argues with him he still does not get a sway in his heart.
4) The two gods are Rumor and Fate. The two are Gods but today they are described as words. Gossiping is spreading false rumors and fate is the destiny that you are supposed to follow.
5) I think that this is a cliche. "Aeneas had departed" from her and she kills herself as a conclusion. They could have been able to change their fates around if they had wanted to. Dido was just clinging on to Aeneas.
6) Aeneas does not really fall in love with Dido. He was attracted to her but he was not really in love. He had a more strong desire to make a future country. Aeneas is not sacrificing his personal life because he originally had only one thing on mind.
7) The ants helped cooperate to depart for Troy with them.
8) Dido wants Aeneas to return back to her with pity so she orders Anna to "construct a funeral pyre" (136) She wanted Aeneas to see the flames that were rising in from a distance. She wants to do anything to get Aeneas back to her side.
9) Dido is mad at Aeneas so she wants him and his companions to face wars and claim them as enemy of Carthage.
1. I agree, I think it would be fine, actually normal for people to fall in love deeply more than once. I think that the past lover who passed away, or fell out of love and remarried would actually want their partners they left to find a new love to gain either happiness or sadness. Maybe they weren’t actually their fated ones, that they chose the wrong one. It actually depends on luck and fate. Everyone yearns for love; no one wants loneliness so they would unconsciously open their hearts to other people. The advice that Anna, Queen Dido’s sister gives to her is about how life is to be enjoyed through affection, together with the old memories of your loved ones. The one who passed away and left their loved ones would also wants them to go and search for happiness, not to dwell on the grieve they have for them.
ReplyDelete2. Dido is compared to “a deer struck with an arrow” and Cupid, is compared to a “shepherd, who is hunting” while Dido who is love struck “runs through the woods and meadows with the arrow hanging to its side” (134)
3. Due to her affection toward Aeneas, she gets distracted and she doesn’t do her job as the Queen properly anymore, by ignoring activities like training, building defenses, and unfinished work. This can be true for some people in today’s society. Love can overpower people, to the extent of not doing one’s main duty because of only thinking about her lover. But usually one wouldn’t forget such a big responsibilities like Queen Dido has, it is not her fault though. But she should have realized that it is reality and she has to deal with it, it is important but if you neglect duty and reality, it wouldn’t go well.
4. In common, everyday English, we hear of the two gods Rumor and Fates. Rumor is as what the definition of today’s word is, information or a story that is passed from person to person but has not been proven to be true. The Fates is also what we defined as in modern English; something that unavoidably befalls a person or a power that is believed to control what happens in the future.
5. I think it’s more to the cliché side, I think this is a very common love and tragedy story. Because it is so common, I could predict what she would do next, which is to commit suicide. “Are you choosing to leave me..” a line that Dido says, she is full of insecurities in this moment, she doubts him too. But I think Aeneas could have come up with a plan to get what he wants, since he had to choose between Dido and his love for his ruined country. After all, if Dido herself already knows she is choosing death over the lost of Aeneas, she could have stayed with him, since both options are her abandoning her country.
6. I agree, his love for Dido rivals for his responsibilities and love for rebuilding his country. That he sacrifices his personal life, but I guess the gods were the ones pestering him about it or he wouldn’t leave Carthage.
7.The Trojans were compared to “a black colony of ants” who cooperated with diligence and hard work as ants are usually referred to as; to depart for Italy.
8. Dido’s funeral pyre was planned out as a “strategy for returning Aeneas” back to her. She commands her sister Ana to bur all Aeneas’s possessions. She would expect him to see the flames of the pyre and would “take with him the omen of my death” (136).
9. Dido envisages the future of Rome as a curse to face wars and to witness friends’ deaths. That Aeneas to die early and left alone, unburied.
1. I think it’s fine to all in love several times, but not many times. If you not marry with someone after death of partner, I think I will not be able to control myself. I would first take a year to control myself, and find another woman to marry. Dido speaks to her sister Anna for advice.
ReplyDelete2. Dido wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage with “Cupid’s arrow burning” with her. (p.134)
3. The ill effects of Dido’s affections for Aeneus was, not acting like a queen, she was distracted by Aeneus by love. Love does overpower people and make them not do important things, such as Paris not fighting to death during his battle for his wife. This depends, it might get important as society, because the “important things” have different value, that might affect only a little stuffs, such as a man or money, but that might effect on a big stuffs such as deaths and wars.
4. The two gods we hear in common are Rumor and Jupiter. Rumor are represented as god of gossips, and Jupiter are represented as god of Roman in the book. Now days, Rumor means stories or lies that spreads quickly. Jupiter are on of the planets in our space.
5. This boy & girl situation is a cliche. When Dido gave up her “honor, fame and the political security”, then she wanted Aeneid, then he left her, I thought this wasn’t romantic at all! (p.135) Giving everything for only one men is a bad idea, and I guess she wasn’t thinking about afterstuffs when she gets married with him. Not romantic,
6. I agree with Aeneas sacrifice his personal life for his future country. He left his “lover” Dido and went to Italy. He even prayed to the gods “May the Trojans, their children, and their children’s children be faced with war” (p.137) Mercury even appeared into his dream to warn him to wake up and ship immediately to continue his journey.
7. The Trojans worked together and prepared for the Journey to Italy for their fate as if they were ants working together for the Queen ant.
8. Describe Dido's funeral pyre. Use a quote as support.
Dido’s funeral pyre was to curse Aeneas since she wanted him, she gave everything up. She commanded her sister to burn everything for her funeral, so that Aeneas can see the “funeral flames rising” to let him know she was dead. (p,137)
9. He prayed to God that the Trojans fight all the time, “their children, and their children’s children be faced with war.” (p.137)
1. I'm not really an expert at this, but I think one big love comes only once in our lives. In Dido's case, she probably did fall in love again, but I think it was just an affair that would end sooner or later. Besides Dino promised that should would not love anybody after her husbands death and she betrayed her own promise. However, love is something you can't control, so after your partner dies you never know if you will be able to love again. As Dido struggled with her feelings, she went to her sister Anna and asked for an advice. Anna was being very realistic in my opinion and told Dido to follow her heart.
ReplyDelete2. Like a deer who was shot while running in the woods, Dido walked around Carthage with Aeneas beside her with Cupid's arrow burning inside of her. "As a deer is struck with an arrow from the bow of a sheperd,... so Dido wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage with Cupid's arrow burning within her" (134).
3. Dido was so in love with Aeneas that she stopped thinking that she is a queen who is in charge of her city. The training for wars had stopped along with building the defense for the city. It is true that love can overpower everything else and it's understandable that Dido wasn't able to control it. However I think Dido is a bit different from us since she's a queen. She had to think about the consequences for her own city, because she is responsible for it.
4. The two very obvious gods are Fate and Rumor. Fate did and still is playing an important role in our lives. Aeneas had to go against his feelings towards Dido, because he followed Fate and returned back to his city. Rumor had an important place in this story too, because as soon as something significant happened, she spread it around right away causing drama, fights, disappointments, etc. just like what rumors do today. Though today we are able to control it and keep our opinion to ourselves.
5. To me it does seem like a cliche story, because I think Dido was so bored with her life that when Aeneas came it was like a new entertainment for her which later on grew into love. As we read the story we know that both of them had already been married before and Aeneas even has a child. So I think they acted like teenagers and not like adults who are experienced with life. "But Apollo has told me that my love and my country are in Italy" (135).
6. I do agree that Aeneas sacrifices his life for his country. As soon as the gods tell him to go back, he obeys their orders and leaves his love for Dido. Yet in the story it talks a lot how Dido was literally obsessed with Aeneas, but it does not directly tell us how Aeneas felt about her exactly. So for him it might have been a lovely affair and nothing more. Besides he is a man and a warrior and they have a better ability to control their feelings.
7. As the Trojans prepared and were all ready to leave, the ants carried their possessions to their nests.
8. Dido wanted to get Aeneas back by planning her death and gathering all of his belongings to burn. She asked Anna, her sister, to prepare the funeral pyre. I guess she understood that he won't come back or probably knew it from the beginning and commits suicide: "With these words, Dido fell upon the sword and died" (137).
9. She curses them into always having wars and misfortunes and a bad life for their people up until the next two generations.
1. What do you reckon, should one love only once? If your spouse / partner dies should you remarry or find a new one? What are arguments for and against? Who does Dido speak to for advice?
ReplyDeleteI think love should not be limited to one time; people who are dead is dead, and we cannot make them live again. Dido, afraid of backstabbing her lost husband, asks her sister for advice.
3. Love overpowers people and make them not do important things; even in Roman mythology, Dido stops her work that she should do as a queen and spends her entire time with Aeneas. I believe that love isn't as important as society says it is - it is only an emotion and we should not risk our own life just for one person.
5. I believe this is the typical love story, cliche except for the end here the girl decides not only †o suicide but to curse the boy till the last generation.
6. I agree that Aeneas had sacrificed his personal life for his future country Rome and his son who would gain glory there. Although he had passion towards her, he had left Queen Dido in Carthage so that he could fulfill his destiny.
9. Queen Dido, angry that she was left by the Trojans with nothing left except for Tyranians opposing her and non-stopping love for Aeneas who she would never see again, starts a curse - a curse that would make the Romans face war until the last generation.
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1. I reckon the if the phrase "you should love only once" is taken seriously, then you'd better wake up from your dream. I have no belief in loving just once. But even though I don't believe in one true love, I believe that if your spouse passes away, that you shouldn't go out to look for another one. In my opinion that is just dishonoring and weak. Weak in the sense that if you go look for someone new it just means your feeling lonely and you nee someone to reassure you. Following up to this, Dido asks for advice from her sister, Anna to help her with the love she is feeling towards Aeneas.
2. The simile dealing with Cupid and hunting, is to do with a deer being hit by a shepherd's arrow, the shepherd doesn't know but the deer is forced to run away. This depicted Dido since she was "running" around Carthage with Aeneas with the Cupid arrow that struck her.
3. The ill effects of Dido's affection towards Aeneas was that many activities in Carthage came to a stop, including training for war, defenses, and partly constructed buildings. Yes I agree that love can affect people from doing important things, but isn't being with person you like important too? I see how too much care for love could bring a society down, but without it society would be bad too. So it should be a good balance of both.
4. The two gods that we hear in common, everyday English are Rumor and Fates. Rumor's physical feature is that she's a monster and has as many eyes as she has feathers, same for her ears and mouth. She listens to people's conversations and spreads it to other people. The Fates decide the life expectancy of people and what they will accomplish in their life time.
5. I think the term "boy meets girl, boy love girl & girl loves boy, boy leaves girl" is just a cliche. It just happens all the time in heroes and it's not even romantic at all. When Aeneas starts planning for his disembarkation of Carthage, Dido figures out and starts asking him to stay and starts accusing him of things. So Aeneas starts explaining to her that "'Apollo has told me that my love and my country are in Italy'", so why in all seriousness, does he start goofing around with Dido when he knows his destiny is to fall in love in Italy (135).
6. I don't agree that Aeneas sacrifices his personal life for the future of his country. Because he left Dido in a manner that seemed like he didn't ever love Dido at all.
7. The simile between Trojans and ants was that ants work diligently together to get tasks accomplished. So did the Trojans work to get their ships off Carthage and ready to continue their journey.
8. Dido's strategy is to trick Aeneas by faking her death. So she asked her sister to "'construct a funeral pyre in the inner courtyard.. and place upon it our bridal bed, Aeneas' weapons, and everything else that he'" had left there (136).
9. Dido's envisage for the future of Rome is that Rome would face a lot of war. Continued with Aeneas' people being driven of their land, that he'd be torn from his son, and when his time came, that he wouldn't get buried but just left "unburied upon the shore" (136).
1) I believe that people can love countless people even at the same time because that's what it is in real life, you love your family and other people at the same time. It all depends on how old one is when their partner dies/remarry. If it was a young age, it would be best to meet a new partner because the thought of being alone for the rest of my life saddens me. Dido confides in her sister, Anna, for advice.
ReplyDelete2) The simile that was used had a correlation with Dido because she does not know that Cupid had poisoned her with infatuation towards Aeneas. She "wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage" with "Cupid's arrow burning within her" that is similar to the deer running "through the woods and meadows" with the deadly arrow clinging to its side(134).
3) The ill effects of Dido's affections for Aeneas is Aeneas forgetting his duty. Because Aeneas was commanded by Jupiter to leave Carthage, he was hesitant to tell Dido the upsetting news. This was a conflict that shows how much he cared for Dido, that's why he came up with the idea of leaving Carthage secretly. Love overpowers everything. So, love does have the power to make people do important things that might lead them to happiness but also to destruction to self. Yes, love is as important as society says as it leads to compassion therefore to unification.
4) Rumors and Fates are the common knowledge of gods that people incorporate in their lives without realizing. For example, Rumor whose name is what defines it, as she floats around and spreads rumor to people. On the other hand, Fates, as most people believe that their love for each other was fated.
5) It's not a typical love story but it is still a cliche. As it was fast-paced and Cupid literally intermingled with Dido's feelings and Dido's suicide which was unprecedented. Dido is so insecure and vulnerable for Aeneas since she gave "up honor, fame, and the political security of" her country to be with him. It is very common in modern day love story, they make the girl weak instead of the boy.
6) I agree. Aeneas sacrifices his personal life because he has a duty to fulfil but not by his free will. He puts god's will before his which is rewarded rather than going against it and would be punished if he didn't. His and other's people fates' and destinies would have a dramatic change.
7) The ants simile was used to describe how hardworking the Trojans were as ants has the tendency to persevere and are known for their effort. It is a simile that is imaginable for readers since ants are commonly known.
8) After Anna pleas were denied by Aeneas, Dido asked her sister to prepare and construct "a funeral pyre in the inner courtyard" also her bridal bed, Aeneas' weapons, and everything else that Aeneas' had left (136). With that, she was actually planning her death. At the beginning of the ceremony, "Dido fell upon" Aeneas' "sword and died" (137).
9) Dido devoured by grief and dismay, she conceives that when the Trojan's reach Italy, Aeneas would witness the death of his friends, the separation between his son and war to cloud Rome.
1. I'd say you can love more than once, but would depend on the age. Have you ever seen a old man/women remarrying a another person after his/her partner died? Well, I don't think so! But looking at the young guys, they probably will love many people, and theres nothing wrong liking people, but loving people too much will make other people think you are a playboy so be careful.
ReplyDelete2. Dido was probably shot by the cupids arrow, as if "a deer is struck with an arrow from the bow of a shepherd" (134).
3. Queen Dido was forcing Aeneas to stay in Cartage, therefore she wont have to loose him like her dead husband, but Aeneas on the other hand loves Dido from his heart but the Gods commands are a must, so he leaves the city. Love made Dido crazy and ended up dying. How weird.
4. The first God is Cupid. He is the god of love, but now cupids are referred not as a god, but a mythical character that creates love; The other god is Rumor, the god of Gossips...
5. Boy leaves girl? Nah, thats sexist, its not always like that. But in this case, its such a complicated situation when because the Gods are involved in love. Since Cupid chose to make Dido love Aeneas, i guess it was fate for Aeneas to leave, and he could have changed his dystiny to have a happy ever after ending if he chose not to obey Jupiter.
6. I agree cuz since Aeneas deeply loved Dido, he probably didn't want to leave her, but as for Gods commands, he had to. He sacrificed his love for the finding of Rome.
7. As they jump into their ships to sail away from Cartage, the author uses the simile to describe how ants are going back into their little hole, as for the Trojans into the ships.
8. She never says never, she will get him back. She plans to get Aeneas back, so she tells her sister to "Construct a funeral pyre in the inner courtyard" so she can let Aeneas know that some kind of funeral is going on(136).
9. She could be just a Queen, we never know if she has some kind of a immortal power, but the thing is she curses Aeneas and his crew that they will have a bad trip to Italy.
1. Dido speaks to her sister Anna for advice. I would argue depending on the magnitude of love, for if one loves one so dearly it would be hard to fall in love again and vice versa. One could argue that one shouldn’t live their life lonely and deserve to enjoy parenthood, which I see as completely normal.
ReplyDelete2. It was as if she were hunted down by a “Cupids arrow” burning in her and “forced to run through woods and meadows with the deadly shaft clinging firmly to” her side, for she was wandering about with her passion for Aeneas burning inside her as she “wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage” (134).
3. Dido’s love for Aeneas distracts her from her responsibilities over her city. Love does often overpower people to get off task, for people have the tendency to value love over other duties. Such duties are still important, but love blinds one to continue with such duties.
4. The two gods are Rumor and Fate. Rumor is the spreading of knowledge, and fate is the deciding of events to come. In chapter 5, they are the personifications of their literal meanings and act as the mean from which their actions lie.
5. I would say it is neither cliché nor romantic. The love itself was determined by the fact that “Cupids arrow was burning within her” (134). Dido shows her true color after she finds out Aeneas is leaving and she even curses the man she so dearly loves. Now, if she really did love him, she wouldn't have been so selfish and let him fulfill his fate.
6. Disagree. His personal life does not only include love life, and further more his love for Dido was merely a spontaneous event. Once he realized that he was not fulfilling his duties, he went onto obey the gods and continue on his journey. If he so loved Dido he could have brought her with her to Italy.
7. The Trojans were like ants for they were in a column carrying packages along a narrow path, each busy with some necessary task. This resembles the ant line that ants form to transport food.
8. Dido planned out a funeral pyre, with a “bridal bed, Aeneas’ weapons” upon it. She does this as an alibi to commence with her suicide.
9. She wants Rome to face wars, from which Aeneas is torn from his land, where he witnesses the death of his friends.
1) In my opinion love should not be restricted by the death of one’s spouse, no matter how great the love was between them. I think remarrying will not indicate any betrayal to one’s dead spouse; I feel they would have wanted what was the best for their widow/widower. Dido confides in her sister Anna for help, who relieves Dido of the guilt she felt from her love for Aeneas.
ReplyDelete2) As an oblivious hunter shoots “from such a distance that he does not know” if the “deer is struck with an arrow from” his bow, Dido, unaware of “Cupid’s arrow burning within her” roams the city of Carthage with Aeneas.
3) As an ill result of Dido’s deep affection towards Aeneas, she neglects many unfinished activities in Carthage. Strong feelings for a person can steer you away from the essential things in real life. Love provides happiness, but it may distract you from even greater happiness which can be gained from achieving goals in life.
4) The two gods are Rumor and Fate. Rumor, with her many eyes and ears gathers gossip and flies around spreading lies disguised as truths. Fate decides what our destinies are.
5) In my opinion it would have been romantic if Dido’s love for Aeneas was genuine. Cupid had made her fall in love with him, so we never get to know what her authentic feelings would have been for him. WIth this constructed love the story is rather cliche, with Dido enraged that Aeneas “cannot even spare a tear or a sigh for” her (135).
6) I Agree. Aeneas speaks openly about how he is not free to choose what to do with his own life. Driven by his fear of defying the gods, he chooses to commit himself to his destiny rather than satisfying his own personal wishes.
7) As determined ants struggle to reach their destination freely, the Trojans prepared their ships for departure.
8) Upon the funeral pyre lie their “bridal bed, Aeneas’ weapons, and everything else” he had left with Dido in Carthage.
9) Dido visualizes a dark future for the Trojans, with continuous wars and tragic happenings. Above all, she curses Aeneas with savage death of his friends, his children, and himself.
1.I think loving people multiple times is a good thing and its probably nature.If your partner has passed away or divorced, i think it is okay to remarry or be engaged with someone else. Moving on and loving other people is a good thing. But if i have a child, i will never divorce. Unless my partner wants to divorce.
ReplyDelete2.Dido got shot by the "Cupids arrow" and fell in love with Aeneas. In this section she refers her self as a deer(134).
3.It is true that love can overpower people. In Dido`s case she was obsessed with Aeneas that she basically didn't do her job as a queen.
4.The two gods are Rumor and fate. Rumor is a common thing and spreads like a virus. It can hurt people and is a cruel thing. Fate is common too, it means destiny and Aeneas`s fate is to reach Italy and become the ancestors of Romulus and Remus the founders of Rome.
5.I thought it was a typical romantic story. Dido got shot by a cupids arrow. But the end of the chapter where she curses Aeneas and his people by sacrificing her self, is pretty scary and i don't think its very romantic.
6.I disagree because at the first place Aeneas never liked Dido as much as she did. Also Aeneas seemed to be scared of the Gods and wanted to leave Carthage.
7.The Trojans packed their stuff and were glad to leave Carthage like "Black column of ants"(135).
8.Dido cursed him and wanted to show Aeneas the smoke of her funeral to bring him back and make him regret the action he took."Construct a funeral pyre in the inner courtyard"(136)
9. "May a peace treaty never exist between our people and his"(137) I think this quote is referring to the future Punic wars , where Hannibal a Carthage general almost defeated Rome. But at the end of the Third Punic war Carthage was sacked and destroyed by the Romans.
1. I think people are able to love more than once. If your partner dies, I think it is still fine to remarry and find a new partner. I think the dead husband was also wishing for Dido's happiness. But still, even if she remarries, she should still keep her dead husband in mind and not forget about him. Dead people are dead and they won't come back alive again. Dido asks her sister for Advise.
ReplyDelete2. Dido was like "a deer is struck with and arrow"(134) as she "wandered with Aeneas through the city of Carthage with Cupid's arrow burning with her"(134).
3. Dido was too affected by Aeneas emotionally. She couldn't bare without him. Yes. It is true. Dido was too much in love with Aeneas that she could not think of anything else except Aeneas. She should have been more responsible for being a queen. Of course, if something happens to the queen, it will be a big news to the country. She should have been aware.
4. The two gods are, Rumor and Fate. Rumors are represented as we gossip to one another. Fates are represented as destiny.
5. I think it is more like cliche. She loved him at first but as soon as he leaves, she becomes very angry at him. "So spare me and spare your anger"(135). "Pity me and stay!" (135). It seems like they just simply fell in love with each other. It sounds like they didn't really love each other. They just wanted each other.
6. I think he didn't really give up everything to Dido. I think he didn't love her that much. "You have chosen Carthage; I can choose Italy"(135). He wanted to succeed his own goal before actually loving Dido.
7. The Trojans decided to leave Carthage. They were like black column of ants crawling over the plain.
8. Dido's funeral pyre was to have Aeneas back and also the sadness of loosing Aeneas as, "Dido fell upon the sword and died"(137).
9. Dido prays to the gods for the Trojans to face wars. "May the Trojans, their children, and their children's children to face war"(137). She cursed the Trojans.