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    commonly interpreted as having a negative impact on Aeneas’ journey‚ Juno and Dido contribute to Aeneas’ legend as a mythical hero. The female characters‚ Juno and Dido‚ are known for wreaking havoc in the epic‚ since they both express anger toward Aeneas. Because of their treacherous actions‚ Dido and Juno play significant roles in the epic as they impact Aeneas’ conquest to found the Roman Empire. Therefore‚ Juno’s and Dido’s actions help Aeneas learn from his past‚ and they both challenge him to

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    Dido tragically committed suicide after Aeneas left to continue his adventure. Although she was manipulated by the gods‚ she is ultimately responsible for her own fate. Dido was affected by many tragic events that were completely out of her control. However‚ these events were created with the intent of either helping Aeneas get to Italy or to prevent him from getting to Italy. Cupid made her fall in love with Aeneas‚ because Venus wanted to guarantee Aeneas’ safety (1.782-821). Juno gets her to

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    1.) Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in what period? a. Late Baroque 2.) A polyphonic composition based on one main theme‚ the cornerstone of baroque music is b. The Fugue 3.) The large group of players in the Concerto Grosso is known as the c. The Tutti 4.) Terraced dynamics refers to d. A sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another 5.) The word movement in music refers to e. A piece that sounds

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    Passion of the Queen‚ an outraged Dido bellows‚“I hope and pray that on some grinding reef/ Midway at sea you’ll drink your punishment/ And call and call on Dido’s name!/From far away I shall come after you/ With my black fires‚ and when cold death has parted/ Body from soul I shall be everywhere/ A shade to haunt you! You will pay for this‚/ Unconscionable!”(Virgil 506-511). This is the response of Dido‚ Queen of Carthage‚ after being informed of her lover‚ Aeneas‚ and his intentions to surreptitiously

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    Women In The Aeneid

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    follows Aeneas’ journey‚ the women characters move the plot by sometimes holding him back or helping him continue forward toward his goal of finding a place for his men though he will never live to see his goal be completed. Vergil portrays the women in The Aeneid in many different ways that are showcases in their relationship with Aeneas. Juno is portrayed as the villain in the epic. She does everything in her control to hinder Aeneas in his journey. She is seen as vengeful even though Aeneas has never

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    Aeneas’s Choice to Leave Dido: Pietas Aeneas is one of the few survivors who managed to escape when Troy fell. When Troy‚ a city on the coast of Asia Minor‚ was sacked by Greeks‚ he assembled a force and then traveled around Mediterranean Sea to find the promised lands‚ Italy. The Aeneid is about his journey from Troy to Italy‚ which enables him to accomplish his destiny. After six years of overcoming many hardships posed by gods and several failed attempts to found the city‚ his group made landfall

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    Would you leave someone you loved because a deity told you to?That’s exactly what Aeneas does in Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid.When Aeneas finds himself in Carthage shortly after the Trojan war‚ Queen Dido falls madly in love with him. However the Gods have different plans for Aeneas‚ and when Mercury tells him he must leave Carthage to found Rome‚ he resolves to give Dido the slip.Virgil uses Aeneas’ inclination to leave Carthage to found Rome to show that the will of the Gods is more important than

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    Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her

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    Fate in the Aeneid

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    the prophecy of Aeneas’s future that is revealed by the god Jove that states: “ Aeneas will wage / a long‚ costly war in Italy‚ crush defiant tribes/ and build high city walls for his people there and found the rule of law‚” this prophecy sets the tone for the epic (Virgil‚ 56). No matter what happens between now and the moment that Rome is eventually built‚ all of the forces of the Fates will conspire to get Aeneas to reach Rome. Fate is so powerful that even the gods recognize that Aeneas’s ultimate

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    The Aeneid Vergil Analysis

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    character Aeneas experiences important events: love and its arrival to the promise land. This analysis will consist in identifying how fate has impacted Aeneas’s life since the beginning of his journey. Also‚ it will discuss on whether fate goes along with one’s happiness or contradicts it. First of all‚ Aeneas and his crew arrive involuntary to the City of Carthage due to a violent storm. Once there‚ they are welcome by Dido‚ the queen of Carthage who asks the reason of their presence. Aeneas explains

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