Alice Rubinstein
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:51:49 GMT
actually, I have often thought of this comparison and mention it to my studetns for me, the point of comparsion is the fact that both women are attracted - at least in part - to their men by their stories of heroism. the story creates, in part, the love. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/29/02 01:22PM >>> I suspect you _are_ out on a limb, though it's a very attractive one, and Marlowe's Dido - if not Virgil's - must have been fresh in the memory. I guess it depends whether one traces any similarities to the source - an Italian novella, if I remember right - or Shakespeare's treatment of it. If the said limb can bear a little more weight, might one note that Dido is repeatedly 'infelix', while Othello's wife is also - etymologically - unfortunate, 'dysdaimon'? Just a thought Bob >From: "Ambros Hieronymus Prechtl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: VIRGIL: Dido -----> Desdemona? >Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:42:51 -0400 > >The intriguing similarity of Dido falling in love with Aeneas as he tells >his story and Desdemona falling in love with Othello as he tells his >story -- I am sure people have noticed it but has anyone written about it? > >We have two strangers, heroes both of them, who have travelled far, >encountered many adventures and faced many horrid dangers. There is >something in the setting of each woman that argues against their falling in >love and yet they do fall in love.. And both ended up dead after only a >short period of happiness, both killed by their husbands: Desdemona >directly >and Dido indirectly, her man > > Aeneas [who] praebuit et causam mortis et ensem : > >Though Shakespeare may have had little Latin, he knew more than most people >alive then of Greek mythology and ancient history and literature. It would >be quite unreasonable to assume that he did not know the story of Dido. > > Any opinion on this anyone? Am I out on a limb? > >Ambros > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. >Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message >"unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You >can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub _________________________________________________________________ Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub