Bacchae Flashcards
Bacchae — Dionysus quotes
‘The man is moving into the net’
‘Have you fallen so passionately for the idea?’
‘Dionysus destroyed us’ - agave
Bacchae — pentheus
‘You are not bad looking to women at least’
‘The snakes tongues cleaned the drops from their cheeks’ — messenger abt maenads
‘Shall I change from man to woman?’
‘Now I seem to see two suns’
‘cutting his head from his body’
Bacchae scholars
‘central theme appears to be the importance of worshipping the gods’ - stuttard
‘dionysus as a director who constructs a play within a play’ - Foley
‘Visual representation of dionysus’ full control’ - wyles
‘Pentheus… aspires to be like a god in human form’ — mills
‘Repulsed by sex and… unconsciously desiring it’ — Roisman
RICE FLIPS
religion, irony, character, emotions
Foreshadowing, language, Imagery, pace, staging
