Dido’s experience is meant to show the reader that the experience and feelings of humans falls short in the will and power of the gods and prophesy. The reader is meant to feel sympathy for her because they can understand how she feels when she is in love with Aeneas and how betrayed she is when he leaves her, which leads to her death. However, it is clear that she is a victim of fate, and that there is little that she or Aeneas could have done to continue their relationship. Even the relationship itself started due to interference from the gods. In all, Dido shows us that the prophesy of the founding of Rome and the gods is stronger than any human emotion or wants.
