... romance and the pleasures of the flesh, but when Jupiter, through Mercury, reminds Aeneas of his destiny, he is dutiful and ready to resume his mission. Dido risks everything by falling for Aeneas, and when this love fails, she finds herself unable to reassume her dignified position. By taking Aeneas as a lover, she compromises her previously untainted loyalty to her dead ... mistakes she made, and she is reacting in a much more human respect. Her emotions alter several times throughout her epistle as she struggles with her plight. She blames herself for falling in love with a man who s...

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