Dido Queen of Carthage
Act IV Scene i
Location: Between the Wood and the Cave
The storm is over, and Iarbus' jealous torment is heightened still further when he sees Dido and Aeneas emerging from the cave.
Iarbus:
I think some fell Inchantresse dwelleth here
That can call them forth when as she please,
And diue into blacke tempests treasurie
When as she meanes to maske the world with clowdes.
Dido, Queen of Carthage, IV.i.3-6
Iarbus is Further Tormented
The storm has cleared, and Achates, Cupid in the guise of Ascanius, Anna and Iarbus emerge from the wood and marvel at the ferocious storm that has disappeared as suddenly as it rose. Iarbus asks if anyone has seen Dido, and almost immediately Anna spots the queen and Aeneas emerging from the cave.
Iarbus rages jealously that he wishes he was able to kill them both, and he cannot hold his tongue when Dido asks him where he sheltered from the storm: "Not with Aeneas in the vgly Caue" [IV.i.32]. Dido is once again irritated by his jealousy, and threatens to "quell his hopes". This brief scene is Marlowe's dramatic invention which has the effect of raising Iarbus' torment to new heights.
