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Jiang treats Dido's curse as the Aeneid's political explanation for Rome's hundred-year conflict with Carthage and eventual destruction of Carthaginian civilization.
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Curse
A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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In Jiang's retelling, the Oresteia begins with political succession, fraternal rebellion, and a violated feast that curses the house of Atreus.
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"...my sorrows. I deserve your mercy. Hear my prayers. If that curse of the earth must reach his haven, labor on to landfall. If..."
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"...shore, sea against sea, and sword against sword. This is my curse. War between all our peoples, all their children, endless war."
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"...to happen. And it had to happen because Dido put a curse on Rome and forced her people to go to war with Rome...."
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"Does that make sense? Okay, great question. All right, any more questions before I continue? All right, so let's talk about Ishulis, okay? Because..."
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"...this, okay, he dies after this, but before he dies, he curses Atreides and says, curse upon you and your house, because a feast..."
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"...this, you are in the son of the gods, so I curse you and your entire house, okay? And then he dies. But before..."
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"...like, why not just go and punch the guy, you know? Curse the guy. Why are you like lifting the guy and carrying him..."
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"Beatrice in heaven isn't gonna curse anybody, but, um, what is Saint Lucia, uh, Saint, uh, is that a clue?"
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"Why does he hate God so much? He curses God, right? And he's, I see the only person we seen in front of that..."
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"...banks, where he transported them with tapers bent. Despite the church's curse, there's no one so lost that the eternal love cannot return, as..."
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"...dies and he's cursing you cursing humanity says like the heavens curse you and everyone's like well you know so what 1357 the black..."
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"...appreciates the um the ideas of accent and dugan um curious curse at as a lot of data saying that i'm not going to..."
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