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Book IV Of The Aeneid Book 1 Quotes

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When reading stories of great leaders like Jesus, Gandhi, and Mandela we come across breathtaking messages. The message sent is one of selflessness, the selflessness of leaders. These trailblazers teach us to pack up all personal emotion, bias, and ego and think of the greater good. Whether that is for the greater good of a project, company or even a nation; try to see the big picture.Virgil’s Book IV of the Aeneid: The Passion of the Queen. In Book IV a desperate Queen Dido falls in love with a handsome stranger; neglecting her city and becoming consumed with lust. Throughout book IV Virgil argues that Dido’s selfish neglect of her city is the most significant effect of her bewildering actions. First emphasis being the significance of …show more content…

Henry left those delicate questions to his trusted advisors. King Henry did not kill himself, but he did kill his conscience about the nation. He and Queen Dido both let their head wonder and fill with self-absorbed agony and questions. “She walks the land and hides her head in the clouds.” (Aeneid line 231) This quote truly embodies Queen Dido’s neglect throughout all of book four. Dido "married" Aeneas out of desperation, then she stops paying attention to her citizens because she was in a fantasy world. In all of this, Queen Dido doesn't want to lay down her life for her nation. Her nation to her is only a fleeting imagination. Now her mind is consumed with only her thoughts and desires. King Henry VIII lived in a fantasy world as well, from woman to woman. He really did not do very much ruling, other than to occasionally give the order to use the guillotine. This fleeting sense of reality brewed with an emotional outcry equals suicidal thoughts. “But let me die I cannot live without him. With my last breath, let me depart” (Aeneid line 882)This quote shows that Queen Dido wanted to leave her country without a leader all over a stranger she has known less than a year. She was willing to leave behind the people she swore to protect and defend; neglecting them once more.Dido’s reckless regard for her life inadvertently shows that she neglected the townspeople by not caring about her health for their

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