1.) Purcell‚ Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Dido’s Lament (10 September 1659 - 21 November 1695) Purcell was an English Baroque composer. He has often been called England’s finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. His brief career began at the court of Charles II and on through the turbulent times of James II and finally into the period of William and Mary. Purcell’s music ranks among the finest
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Even though Venus‚ the Roman goddess of love and beauty‚ was important to the ancient Greeks‚ she still is today‚ to the people of modern society. There are two different myths about how Venus came to be. The first myth states that she came up from the sea as a fully developed woman‚ with Uranos being her father‚ and having no mother. The other myth says that she is the daughter of Jupiter‚ the king of the gods‚ and Dione. (Kamil 2). The Roman goddess Venus was so immensely beautiful‚ that she could
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Aeneas’ interpretation of amor focuses on his higher purposes and future attachments‚ whereas Dido’s focuses on her personal‚ present attachments. Aeneas is not the most poignant speech maker‚ as is revealed through his only rebuttal of Dido’s claims. Within his thirty-line speech‚ Aeneas effectively tramples upon any hope Dido holds of a happy relationship and steady marriage. “sed nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo‚ / Italiam Lyciae iussere capessere sortes; / hic amor‚ haec patria est” (4.345-347)
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Gladiatorial Contest in Rome Rome was a warrior state. Since the state was a great fighting state in their time‚ the wars sort of formed the gladiatorial contest in ancient Rome. The Romans were fascinated and pleasured by violence‚ bloodshed‚ and human suffering the gladiatorial games. The gladiatorial contests began at the reign of their first emperor Augustus to pay tribute to their warrior traditions. The Romans built artificial battlefields within amphitheaters in cities and towns
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The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy
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Death of Laocoon Lacoon is said to be a Trojan Priest of Poseidon. The incident of his death is a largely discussed and debated one. As described in the Aeneid‚ Book 2‚ the incident takes place on the evening after the Greeks are said to have sailed back home. In the Book‚ Virgil describes Lacoon and his two sons being strangled and killed by two snakes that were sent by Athena (Minerva). This directly relates to the story of Sinon‚ a Greek Solider who managed to deceive Trojans by making them
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Where have you seen this before? How are the passages similar? How are they different? What does this similarity/ difference tell us about a larger similarities/differences in the works of a whole? Example from teacher: Aeneid line 404-424 (Dido is broken hearted) Odyssey: 212-225 (Calypso- "Can I be less desirable?") similarity: both have broken-hearts- the protagonist is leaving them difference: Aneid- Rome calls‚ going to Italy to build a new home/ Dido refuses to accept his leaving/
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from the Aeneid (lines 296 - 705)‚ the story of Dido and Aeneas is exquisitely compiled by Virgil starting from Dido’s suspicion of Aeneas’ deceit and ending with her death. Throughout the passage‚ during Dido’s lengthy conversation with Aeneas‚ comparisons between Dido and Medea and Aeneas and Jason are quite identifiable. The overarching difference between the two‚ however‚ is the Aeneid is more centered on the god’s affect on Dido and Aeneas‚ while Jason and the Golden Fleece seems to be focused
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DIDO AND AENEAS RELATIONSHIP Throughout the beginning of the Aeneid Dido‚ the queen of Carthage‚ and Aeneas‚ son of Venus and leader of the Trojans have an intimate relationship that ends in death. The relationship begins in Book I when Venus‚ the goddess of love‚ has her other son Cupid fill Dido with passion for Aeneas‚ to ensure Aeneas’s safety in this new land. "Meanwhile Venus/Plotted new stratagems‚ that Cupid‚ changed/ In form and feature‚ should appear instead/ Of young Ascanius‚ and
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Compare and Contrast: Aneas and Turnus Victor Leon Mr. Campion The subtlety in the differences between Aneas and Turnus‚ reflect the subtlety in the differences between the Aeneid and the Iliad. Although both characters are devout and noble‚ Aneas does not possess the ardent passion of Turnus. Unlike Turnus‚ Aneas is able to place his beliefs in the fated establishment of Latium before his personal interests. Although Turnus is not a bad person‚ the gods favor Aneas
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