BP3 Flashcards
BP3 Comparative
Because they want their audience to consider the effect despotism and inequality has on the victims of society, the authors chose to present works that explore oppression from the past to the modern day. Seeking to write these neglected histories into the public record, Enoch + Mailman and D’aguiare urge their readers to never forgot the suffering of minority groups. D’Aguiare reminds his readers to acknowledge and understand the pain of the past through Whitechapel in forgetting, asserting that “memory is pain”, D’Aguire aims for his readers to feel some anguish that comes from empathising with these slaves stories, reminding that those in positions of privilege should share the painful burden. Further stating that “maybe what’s done is done. It cannot be undone, only understood” Whitechapel realises how his obedience to slavery has backfired as his son Chapel, views the world in a positive tone, striving for change. While D’Aguiar urges his readers to understand the pain of the past, Enoch and Mailman also remind their audience that we must acknowledge the suffering of Indigenous Australians for generations. Communicating to their viewers, Enoch and Mailman remind that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have carried the burden for so long and now it is up to the rest of Australia to recognise their suffering and share the painful burden. During the plea, “the woman places the suitcase down at the feet of the audience” and explains that “these are my peoples stories. They need to be told.” Through this action of placing the suitcase at the feet of the audience, The Woman is shifting all responsibility The Woman carried alone as the audience have witnessed her pain and suffering and now have the responsibility to carry it. This emphasises the need to recognise the ongoing and systemic racism still present in todays society in order to progress and grow towards a balanced and accepting environment for all.
BP3 WOT
From the expedition of Sicily to the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Euripides didactic play continue to retain its relevance in modern day society. During the Prologos, Poseidon, god of the sea, reminds that “when a man sacks [and] destroys everything […] the same destruction sooner or late will fall on his own head.” Through this, Poseidon states that the cyclical pattern of history is the main problem in contemporary Athens as sinful and barbaric acts cause sinful and barbaric retaliation. Here, Euripides reminds his Athenian audience that this pattern will only benefit those at the very pinnacle of the patriarchal pyramid. Moreover, Euripides continues to challenge the positions of dishonorable and egotistical leaders. During episode three, the chorus yell, “March down to the Achaean fleet!”, revealing to Euripides’ contemporary Athenian and modern audiences, that the women personally don’t experience catharsis at the closure of the play as they are positioned as slaves, in comparison to the self-centered Greek men that are not punished for their inconceivable crimes and as a result, no Greek men experience anagnorisis. At the end of the play, Euripides’ Athenian audience sees warships preparing in the harbor for the Expedition to Sicily. As the war party prepares for the upcoming expedition, Euripides reminds that the cycle of war must be broken.
