So, Dido finishes her "Aeneas sucks" speech at this point. Aeneas, being the nice bro he is, actually pities Dido. Still, the gods are like "Nu-uh boy" so he's still going to Italy. He says "I sail for Italy not of my own free will." Isn't that nice? I'd think that should mean something to Dido but she still can't handle it and sends in her sister to persuade him (how would that accomplish anything?). Obviously, this doesn't work out.
What Dido was probably thinking at this point in time:
"Urrrrgh, Aeneas! I love you so much THAT I TOTALLY HATE YOU!"
Of course, out of no where she pulls a two face and tells her sister Anna to make a nice
marshmallow roasting Aeneas' stuff burning fire in the courtyard. Dido basically tricks Anna (assisted suicide!) into making a funeral pyre to commit suicide on. She reasons that she's going to forget Aeneas by burning all his crap in this fire (blatant lie). Anna does all this thinking everything is going to be a-okay. The night goes on and Dido can't even sleep. So sad. Aeneas on the other hand is off in dream land but Mercury drops by and jacks up his dream. Mercury basically tells Aeneas that he needs to get the crap out of there and go go go go. Aeneas realises some serious stuff is going down and sets sail for Italy.
Unlucky Dido gets to see Aeneas' ships sail away and she finally hits a record low. Without the will to live, she jumps onto the pyre and stabs herself with Aeneas' sword while cursing him at the same time. Anna and the servant unfortunately just happen to run in on Dido dying but Juno finishes the job before they can do anything. That is, only to end her suffering. Poor Dido.
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