ind. Juno sees an opportunity to keep Aeneas from going to Italy, and takes advantage, sending Cupid to kindle Didos love for Aeneas. I shall unite the two in certain marriage and seal her as Aeneas very own; and this shall be there wedding. (IV, 167- 169) Virgil has the gods stall destiny in order to reflect Aeneas uncertain fate to the reader; his future may very well be undecided and not set in stone as previously inferred. Virgil adds interest to Aeneas character when Mercury came to Aeneas warning him he must continue his destiny. Dido finds out the Aeneas is leaving she is infuriated, scolding Aeneas Deceiver, did you even hope to hide so harsh a crime, to leave this land of mine without a word.(IV, 410-412) But Aeneas holds strong with little compassion toward the distraught Dido. I have never held the wedding torches as a husband; I have never entered into such agreement.(IV, 457-459) Virgil depicts Aeneas to be unaffected by his decision to leave. However, he manages to give the reader a glimpse of Aeneas' true emotions in order to further develop interest in Aeneas character. But Aeneas, warned by Jove, held still his eyes: he struggled, pressed care back within his breasts. With halting words he answers her at last. (IV, 446-449) The true struggle of what Aeneas puts behind him for the will of the gods is show just before he leaves.But though he longs to soften, soothe her sorrow and turn aside her trouble with sweet word, though groaning long and shaken in his mind because of great love, nevertheless pious Aeneas carries out the gods instructions. (IV, 540-550)Virgil shows an emotional struggle between what Aeneas is destined for and what he desires, to draw the reader into the complexity of his character. Virgil furthers the readers interest in his character of Aeneas by making him the heroin in the climax of the novel.Juno, unable to prevent Aeneas from reaching the Promised Land, vows to delay the founding of ...
