Aenied

Dido and Turnus both have a significant relationship to Aeneas’ mission. The similarly is that hey both hold extreme emotions towards Aeneas that brings them close to him and hinders him on his journey. Their emotions are both intense but completely opposite; love and hate. Dido does not wish to harm Aeneas’ mission until he leaves her and Turnus has ill wishes for Aeneas all along.

Dido is completely in love with Aeneas and holds very strong emotions towards him as she tries to make him stay with her in Carthage. “Deceiver, did you even hope to hide so harsh a crime, to leave this land of mine without a word? Can nothing hold you back- neither your love, the hand you pledged, nor even the cruel death that lie

Dido and Turnus are opposite in their evictions yet have similar effects on Aeneas throughout the story. Dido’s love and Turnus’ hate weaken Aeneas spiritually and physically. The pain they cause Aeneas is different in placement but in the end they both have targeted his heart, leaving a great impact on Aeneas. Their influences hinder and benefit Aeneas’ journey by delaying him and promoting a greater conquering.

Dido and Turnus’ deaths have a great effect on Aeneas on a personal level. Dido kill’s herself because Aeneas left her. It was rumored of such actions but was not proved to Aeneas until he saw her in the underworld with a fresh wound that caused her death. When she walks away from Aeneas, he wished for some reason for her to say something positive to him that would give him hope that she may still love him. Dido’s death does take an effect on Aeneas emotionally and he feels pity for her. Dido’s death hinders Aeneas spiritually. Dido’s death is essential to Aeneas’ fate because it releases him from his identity as a Carthinian. With his identity released, he can now be free to take on his fated role as the founder of the great city of Rome. Dido’s role is essential because she helps him on his journey as he passes through Carthage and helps him on his way of his destiny. Turnus’ death is also essential so Aeneas can unite the Latin’s with the Trojans and create a new empire in Rome. Turnus’ death is compared to the death of Pallas, which enrages Aeneas, which drives the sword into Turnus. Aeneas, hesitating for a moment before killing him, catches sight of Turnus' sword-belt, which had been taken from the body of Pallas and in a fit of rage, he kills Turnus, declaring that it is Pallas who slays him. This is the comparison to Achilles as well. Both deaths are necessary for Aeneas’ founding of Rome. Dido and Turnus also both stand in the way of the fates, which also adds to their conquering.

Both Turnus’ and Dido’s’ feelings are not self-produced and are created by the god’s influences. Dido has fallen hopelessly in love with Aeneas.

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