BACCHAE SCHOLARS Flashcards

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‘The tragedians…

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usually treat Tiresias with great respect, and those characters who question his wisdom usually find cause to regret it.’ - Garvie

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‘the chorus of the Bacchae…problems

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focus on the paradoxes and problems of Dionysiac worship’ - Segal

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‘the chorus’ songs are of…

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fundamental importance for an understanding of the play.’ - Winnington-Ingram

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Because Pentheus is manipulated…
equal

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is manipulated into the mistake of believing he is dealing with an equal, watching the whole experience becomes highly uncomfortable for the audience – Mills

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The appearance of Pentheus…
…visual representation…

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cross-dressed and with bacchic accessories offers a visual representation of Dionysus’ full control over him.’ – Rosie Wyles

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Agave’s recognition scene…

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is one of the most painful and harrowing scenes in Greek Tragedy.’ - Hannah Roisman

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Bacchae is a study…power

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of Dionysus’ elusive personality and of his devastating power. – Hall

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‘Dionysus has

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profoundly disrupted the city’s social structure.’ – Morwood

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‘One of his central themes

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appears to be the importance of worshipping gods. He even makes a god the protagonist.’ – Stuttard

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Euripides upholds the values…danger

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of an ordered state, presenting the dangers of religion and foreign cults. Disorder (the women leaving the city) and violent destruction follow from his worship. – Verrall

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Euripides celebrates…
Pentheus suffers…

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uninhibited Dionysian passion and pleasure. Pentheus suffers because he is a puritan, suppressing his emotions and feelings. - Dodds

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the earthquake scene

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turns the palace from a symbol of royal authority to a symbol of Dionysus’ power.’ - Mills

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‘Chorus’ ecstatic joy

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at hearing of Pentheus’ death is chilling and heightens pathos for circumstances of his death’ – Rosie Wyles

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‘Audience are torn

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between viewing the god as evil and good.’ - Morwood

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their ecstatic joy

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over Pentheus’ death is chilling
- Wyles (chorus)

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Pentheus’ attitude is

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neither flexible nor rational
- Higgs