Queen Dido husband died had vowed to never remarry and resists Aenius for some time. Eventually, she falls in love with him and they consummate their love in a cave. She perceived the act as a marriage but he did not. She kills herself in penance over her unfaithfulness to her first husband. The scene is mentioned in a Samuel Richardson novel and I wonder if it’s also referenced by Jane Austen in Persuasion when Anne speaks with Benwick about literature telling of the inconstancy of women.
Rose Fairbanks 
What is this suicide all about? A dead lover as in Romeo and Juliet?
LikeLike
Queen Dido husband died had vowed to never remarry and resists Aenius for some time. Eventually, she falls in love with him and they consummate their love in a cave. She perceived the act as a marriage but he did not. She kills herself in penance over her unfaithfulness to her first husband. The scene is mentioned in a Samuel Richardson novel and I wonder if it’s also referenced by Jane Austen in Persuasion when Anne speaks with Benwick about literature telling of the inconstancy of women.
LikeLike