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The Dido episode starts with Aeneas' love in Carthage being interrupted by divine command: Mercury orders him back to the Roman mission.
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Aeneas
Jiang says the Aeneid's final killing is the poem's epiphany: Aeneas no longer needs the gods to correct him because he has internalized piety.
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Jiang says Aeneas's conflict is not whether to leave Dido, but how to escape without facing her anger, which makes him inhuman rather than tragically loving.
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For Aeneas, Jiang says the pledge of love is merely a word; the real obligation is his oath and loyalty to the gods.
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Jiang says Aeneas's heart is not tormented by sadness for Dido but by anger at being obstructed.
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Aeneas's denial of marriage lets him deny the public and embodied reality of his relationship with Dido.
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Aeneas sleeping in peace while Dido breaks means, for Jiang, that he never loved her and treated her as a plaything.
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The gods protect Aeneas from witnessing Dido's suicide by urging him to flee, which keeps the imperial hero from confronting the human consequences of his mission.
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At the final moment Aeneas is drawn toward pity because Turnus has submitted, lost face, and no longer needs to be killed for victory.
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"Dido falls in love with the fact that Aeneas is not just a great warrior and very handsome, but also because he's a great..."
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"This is not your duty. Do your duty. So this is where we are in the story. So let us read. Ivory, can you..."
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"...remember Ascanius rising into his prime. The hopes you lodge in Aeneas, your only heir."
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"...Okay? So this is the... But what the conflict is in Aeneas is, okay, I want to get the hell out of here. I'm..."
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"...is this is not human. Okay? There is nothing human about Aeneas. What he is, is he's like a walking phallus, almost. He's like..."
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"...what ditto says is, does this pledge mean nothing to you, Aeneas? And Aeneas, of course, is like, it's a word, it's nothing, all..."
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"What matters is your loyalty to the gods. All right, all right, keep going."
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"...in my arms, our child, before you deserted me. Some little Aeneas playing about our halls, whose features, at least, would bring you back..."
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"The torment in his heart is not sadness, but anger, okay? Keep on going."
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"I'll state my case in a few words. I never dreamed I'd keep my flight a secret. Don't imagine that, nor did I once..."
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"Okay, so what he's saying is, I'm not a bridegroom. I, we didn't, we did not have a marriage pact, okay? We're not married...."
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"Such terrible grief kept breaking from her heart as Aeneas slept in peace on his ship's high stern."
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