Bacchae Scholarship Quotes Flashcards
Character quote: Roisman
“No parent can watch Agave’s recognition and not sympathise.”
Character quote: Baldock
“Cadmus is motivated by a desire for glory and a fear of punishment.” (Disagree)
Character quote: Mossman
Some sympathy might be felt for Pentheus, despite their “weakly vicious character.”
Character quote: Carey
Pentheus deserves no sympathy, as their “acts and ideas are alien, shocking and often inexplicable to the other human characters.” (Disagree)
Character quote: Morwood
“Dionysus has profoundly disrupted the city’s social structure.”
Play quote: Stuttard
“One of Euripides’ most disturbing plays.” (Boost any violent/gross imagery)
Play quote: Goldhill
“The Bacchae is one of the most profound explorations of that idea of the insecurity of knowing who you are.”
Character quote: Roisman
“No parent can watch Agave’s recognition and not sympathise.”
Character quote: Baldock
“Cadmus is motivated by a desire for glory and a fear of punishment.” (Disagree)
Character quote: Mossman
Some sympathy might be felt for Pentheus, despite their “weakly vicious character.”
Character quote: Carey
Pentheus deserves no sympathy, as their “acts and ideas are alien, shocking and often inexplicable to the other human characters.” (Disagree)
Play quotes: Stuttard
“One of Euripides’ most disturbing plays.” (Boost any violent/gross imagery)
Character quote: Moorwood
“Dionysus has profoundly disrupted the city’s social structure.”
Play quote: Goldhill
“The Bacchae is one of the most profound explorations of that idea of the insecurity of knowing who you are.”
