University:
Georgia Southern University
Course:
ENGL 2111 | World Literature I
Academic year:

2024
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289

Pages:

3
Author:

Jalen W.

Read the following pages in The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Fourth Edition, Volume 1. Answer the questions below as you read. The Aeneid Book IV Why does Dido resist falling in love with Aeneas at first, according to her words to her sister? What does her sister, Anna, advise Dido to do? Dido is described as being like what kind of wounded animal due to her love for Aeneas? Juno approaches which goddess to seek a partnership in joining together Aeneas and Dido? What does Juno propose they do to bring the pair together? Where and why are Dido and Aeneas stranded together alone? What does Dido call their affair? What is described as "swiftest of all evils in the world"? Notice how it is described as a monster. Why does Iarbas pray to Jove after he hears the rumor about Dido and Aeneas? Who does Jove send to Carthage in response to Iarbas's prayer? What message does Jove send, and to whom? When Mercury first sees him, what is Aeneas doing? What do Aeneas's actions suggest about his future plans? How are Aeneas's sword and cloak described, and where did he get them? Mercury tells Aeneas that if he will not found Rome for his own glory, he should do it for whom? How does Aeneas react? What are his orders? How does Dido react when she learns of Aeneas's plan? What vows does she claim they made together? What does Aeneas say he never did with Dido? Does Aeneas tell Dido he wants to go to Italy? Why does he say he must go? Does Dido seem to believe that Jove actually sent a messenger to tell Aeneas to leave? What does she say about this? What does Dido pray will happen to Aeneas as he sails across the sea? Where does she say she will hear the report of his misfortune? What happens to the holy water at her altar while Dido prays for death? What happens to the wine? Whose voice does she seem to hear? What bird calls out? What excuse does Dido use to ask her sister to build a pyre for her? Which god seems to visit Aeneas in a dream while he sleeps aboard ship, and what is the god's message to Aeneas? What does Dido pray happens to Aeneas and his people? What does she pray takes place between her own people and Aeneas's people?