Dido
from Dido, Queen of Carthage
by Christopher Marlowe
Monologue Text
Speaks not Æneas like a conqueror?
O blessed tempests that did drive him in!
O happy sand that made him run aground!
Henceforth you shall be our Carthage gods.
Ay, but it may be, he will leave my love,
And seek a foreign land call'd Italy:
O that I had…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
Public Domain
Author(s)
Character Name
Dido
Source Title
Dido, Queen of Carthage
Source Type
Act / Scene
Act IV / Scene IV
Setting
Carthage. Near the Mediterranean sea
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
GREEK
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
FEMALE (FEMININE)
Age Range
20s - LATE
30s - EARLY
Race / Ethnicity
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
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