Bacchae Flashcards
Stuttard- “Bacchae is…
“Bacchae is one of Euripides’ most disturbing play”
Stuttard- Themes in the Bacchae are “so extreme…
“So extreme that it leads to a young God to gloat in icy triumph over an enemy’s served head”
Morwood “If we feel that Dionysus
“If we feel that Dionysus’ treatment of suffering humanity is anything but a sport we should remember that he may well be wearing a smiling mask”
Rosie Wyles “The house is
“The house is transformed by this scene from a symbol of royal authority to a symbol of Dionysus’s power”
Rosie Wyles “appreciate Euripides’…
“Appreciate Euripides’ dramatic mastery: he can make even cross-dressing which had proven comic potential [Aristophanes’s play Women at the Thesmophoria], tragic”
Garvie “The most striking…
“The most striking paradox is that the god who throughout the play promises joy will at the end produce only suffering and horror
Garvie “Th tragedians usually…
“The tragedians usually great Tiresias with great respect and those characters who question his wisdom usually find cause to regret it”
Garvie “Somehow the despair…
Somehow the despair seems all the darker because of the recurring theme of joy that has proceeded it”
