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Virgil's character whom Jiang treats as the unnamed, unfairly condemned figure Dante restores to memory.
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Dido
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Aeneid figure Jiang treats as Virgil's suppressed creation and the first major contrast between Virgilian possession and Dantean mercy.
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The Carthaginian queen whose love for Aeneas becomes Jiang's example of love as political disease and historical cause.
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Jiang says Dante names Dido outside Virgil's direct speech in order to restore a figure Virgil refuses to name.
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Jiang's Aeneid summary says Aeneas loses Troy, is redirected by divine command toward Rome, is torn away from Dido and Carthage, and descends to the underworld for an explanation of the mission.
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Jiang uses Dido's relation to Aeneas as the paradigm of consuming love: desire mistakes possession for fulfillment and becomes destructive when the object withdraws.
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Jiang contrasts Dante and Beatrice with Virgil and Dido by saying Dante treats love as giving, sharing, and bestowal, whereas Virgil treats love as receiving, consuming, and controlling.
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Jiang says Virgil names many shades in lust but refuses to name Dido, the figure he should understand best.
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Jiang contrasts Virgil condemning Dido to hell with Dante elevating Beatrice to heaven.
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Jiang speculates that Dido may be based on someone Virgil knew and rejected him, leading Virgil to condemn her unfairly.
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Jiang says Dante naming Dido is an act of rebellion against Virgil and a way to resurrect Dido in memory.
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"Yeah, he names Dido, okay? Do you understand? Because remember what happened was that Virgil would go on about a thousand different people and..."
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"So the main character is Aeneas, and Aeneas, is a prince of Troy. And like Dante, he loves Troy. They've been, his family has..."
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"...And in Carthage, Aeneas there falls in love with a queen, Dido. And Aeneas is really, really happy in Carthage. And Carthage is this..."
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"...swallow it whole. It consumes it, okay? Right? So think of Dido and Aeneas. Where Dido sees Aeneas in the Iliad, falls in love..."
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"He moves towards him and tries to consume him. It drives her insane. And the moment he leaves her, she has to kill herself,..."
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"...And Beatrice Is the opposite Of the relationship between Virgil And Dido Okay? Both are literary creations The difference is that Dante Put Beatrice..."
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"The first of those about whose history you want to know, my master then told me, once ruled as empress over many nations. Her..."
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"...Zacchaeus, we know who this person is because this person is Dido. And who is Dido? Dido is the creation of Virgil. Dido is..."
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"...why is this the case? Why does he refuse to name Dido? So if you go back to the Iliad, the one thing that's..."
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"...knowing that, we can also make the assumption that Virgil pursued Dido, fell in love with Dido, and Dido rejected him, probably because he..."
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"...you to notice is this. Those spirits left the ranks where Dido suffers, approaching us through the air. The malignant air, okay? So the..."
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"So I know who Dido is, I know what Virgil did, and I want to name her. I want to name her in order..."
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