I thought it was really interesting to look at the difference between Dido and Aeneas's reaction to their break up. Aeneas regrets it, but he leaves because he knows his fate is somewhere else, and because of respect for the gods. Dido, however, doesn't react so well. Instead, she puts all of his stuff in a pile to burn-which seems like a typical scorned lover thing to do. But, as she sees him sail away, she takes it one step further than crazy ex, and becomes a tragic lover as she commits suicide.
This last attempt seems really extreme, but in context of the epic, it makes sense. In a weird twisted way. By having her be struck by Cupid, her love for him is no longer in her control. In the Aeneid, love is less of an emotion or decision, and more closely an outside force that can't be controlled. Aeneas on the other hand, still wasn't in control of this decision, but he was fated to continue on to Italy.
P.S. I commented on Jeremy's
The encounter that he had with her in hell was interesting as well because even in death, she didn't forgive him. I thought she would have gained some type of supernatural perspective by then, but she still seemed human.
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