(AP)Book+IV+Section+5+Answers

1. The phrases //nunc huc...nunc illuc// (now this way...now that) show Aeneas' divided mind. He wants to leave (//ardet abire//, line 281), he wonders what he should do (//quid agat//, line 283), he does not know with what words he dare approach the queen (//quo nunc reginam ambire varias//, line 286). Vergil uses symptoms of fear (e.g. //vox faucibus haesit,// line 280- his voice sticks in his throat), the deliberative subjunctives in lines 283-284 and the anaphora (mentioned above) of line 285 to show how mixed Aeneas' feelings are. 2. Aeneas is worried that Dido will discover his plan before he has a chance to speak with her. 3. //quis fallere possit amantem//? (line 296); //eadem impia Fama furenti detulit// (lines 298-299) 4. Bacchantes were conceived as senseless and raving, possessed, as they were, by the god Bacchus. Like a Bacchante, Dido has no control over her feelings of rage, and furthermore, she openly displays them. 5. Among her rather unconnected list of reasons, Dido mentions their love and pledge to one another (//amor; data dextera//, line 307); and the wintry weather, unsuitable for sailing (//hiberno sidere//, line 309; //mediis Aquilonibus//, line 310; //undosum aequor//, line 313). She begs him to think of their marriage (line 316) and the pleasure she has given him (//quicquam dulce//, lines 317-318). She says that the neighboring tribes and even her own people now hate her (lines 320-321); that she still fears retribution from her brother (line 325) and //Iarbas// (line 326). Finally, she wishes that she at least had a child by Aeneas who could be a companion and a reminder of Aeneas' love (lines 328-330). 6. Aeneas explains his side of the story by saying that he will always think fondly of Dido (line 335); the he never married her (lines 338-339); that if it were up to him, he would be in Troy, which would still be standing (lines 340-344); that it is his fate to seek Italy (lines 345-346). He reasons that Dido sought her own country, so he should be able to do likewise (lines 347-350). The memory of his father (lines 351-353) and the thought of his son's future (lines 354-355) compel him to go. Finally, he feels he has been commanded by Jupiter himself to depart, so he must (lines 356-359).
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