The Thin Line Between Love And Fate

The Thin Line between Love and Fate

Love is a term which is impossible to thoroughly define, yet it is universally understood. Furthermore, the questions surrounding the indefinable term of love are more perplexing than the word itself. What is true love? Can a person love too much? What is love worth? All of these questions are pertinent to Aeneas and Dido, as they have fallen in love with one another. However, Aeneas is destined by the Gods to lay the foundation for Rome and not to remain in Carthage with Dido. Aeneas eventually destroys Dido by abandoning her to fulfill his destiny in Italy; however, is Aeneas just in doing so?
Aeneas is unfair in his desertion of Dido. Aeneas and Dido are deeply in love and for the short period that Aeneas remains in Carthage, he disregards his decreed fate. Aeneas frequently allows his life to be heavily governed by divine forces and by opting to be with Dido, Aeneas finally acts on his own accord. However, after a short time in Carthage...