in Dido, Queen of Carthage — Marlowe, Christopher; Nashe, Thomas
Metadata
Play
Dido, Queen of Carthage
Author
Marlowe, Christopher; Nashe, Thomas
Year (catalogued)
1594
First performance
1586
Decade
1590s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Boys Professional
Company
Children of the Chapel (first) (Oxford's Boys)
Speech prefix(es)
Hermes.
Words
154
Characters
849
Typicality
0.29 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07023
BritDrama no.
820
Cluster
Cluster 14 — Law & judgment
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Aeneas stay, Jove's Herald bids thee stay. Why cousin stand you building Cities here, And beautifying the Empire of this Queen, While Italy is clean out of thy mind? To too forgetful of thine own affairs, Why wilt thou so betray thy sons good hap? The king of Gods sent me from highest heaven, To found this angry message in thine ears. Vain man, what Monarky expectest thou here? Or with what thought sleepest thou in Libya shore? If that all glory hath forsaken thee, And thou despise the praise of such attempts: Yet think upon Ascanius prophesy, And young Julus more then thousand years, Whom I have brought from Ida where he slept, And boar young Cupid unto Cypress I'll. Spendest thou thy time about this little boy, And givest not ear unto the charge I bring? I tell thee thou must straight to Italy, Or else abide the wrath of frowning Jove.
Plot summary
Plot — Dido, Queen of Carthage
JMipHEEE tries to seduce Gahiymiede] who complains of Juno’s ill usage, but succumbs when offered gifts. Meanwhile J@m6 has suborned Aeolus to wreck Aeneas’ fleet, which is carrying refugees from Troy to Italy; WEMUS seeks Jupiter’s help: Jupiter prophesies that ASHEa8 is destined to wander until he founds a new Troy in what will become Rome; but also sends Mereury to calm the seas. Separated from his fleet, Aeneas lands on the coast of north Africa and meets the disguised Venus, who encourages him to present himself at Dido’s court. The Trojans are reunited in Carthage, where Dido greets them. At her request, he recounts the fall of Troy. Venus abducts AS€amius and substitutes @apid in his shape. He makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas, and she offers to help repair his ships on condition that he remains with her in Carthage; her attentions make her suitor [aeba8 jealous. Juno attempts to kill the sleeping Ascanius, but Venus intervenes, warned by her doves. Submitting to destiny, Juno agrees to help Dido win Aeneas, and causes a storm during their hunting expedition. They shelter together in a cave, and, wooed by Dido, Aeneas promises never to leave Carthage during her lifetime. Iarbas prays for Jupiter’s help against Aeneas; AiR tries to interest him in her instead of her sister, but fails. Hermes appears to Aeneas in a dream and instructs him to leave for Italy, but Dido crowns him King of Carthage. As further insurance, she has ‘Ascanius’ taken into the country, and the rigging removed from Aeneas’ ships. Aeneas plans to build a new Troy in Carthage, but H@@mes appears in person, having swapped back Ascanius for Cupid, and repeats Jupiter’s command. Jarbas supplies Aeneas with rigging, and he sails away. Dido destroys the items he has left behind and then burns herself to death. [arbas ===== PAGE 447 ===== 1588 kills himself for love of Dido, and Anna kills herself for love of Iarbas.