Lecture 17 Flashcards

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What are the Bacchae doing?

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  • sleeping, not passed out drunk, modestly and serenely
  • hit a thyrsus on a rock and water comes out
  • some breastfeeding wild animal cubs
  • puts a stick in the ground and wine comes up
  • working all sorts of miracles as they worship Dionysus
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Pentheus’ response to the Bacchae

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  • not responding wisely
  • he wants to arrest them all to deal with them
  • bringing out military force (extremely masculine way to counter all the feminine stuff happening) (army represents structure and civilization and the Bacchae are the completely opposite, wildness and animalistic natures.)
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Jung

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  • animus: masculine
  • anima: feminine
  • innate masculine and feminine nature inside every human and to have a healthy mind the two must be in balance so Pentheus is unable to tap into his anima and has an unhealthy mind
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Dionysus and Pentheus about seeing the Bacchae

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  • Dionysus is starting to pull Pentheus’ animal qualities out of him without his will
  • At this point Dionysus is going to use his divine powers to tap into Pentheus’ innate deep desires (lust) that ultimately lead Pentheus to his death.
  • Pentheus says what he’s supposed to say but Dionysus brings out of him his innate desires and exposes them and brings them to the surface
  • Dionysus then convinces Pentheus that he must dress as a woman
  • Dionysus plays with the line between masculine and feminine himself
  • Altering Pentheus’ state of being. Breaking down masculine exterior and bringing out his feminine side
  • not changing who Pentheus is but how he presents himself.
  • denies his anima
  • wants to embarrass Pentheus
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Pentheus under Dionysus’ power

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  • after he comes out dressed as a woman Dionysus completely takes over his mind
  • Pentheus really loses himself and becomes dazed and confused and he sees Dionysus as himself.
  • sees him as a bull
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On the Mountain

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  • He can’t see the women
  • Dionysus puts him up in a tree
  • Dionysus then appears as a voice and tells the women to attack him
  • They rip him apart because it’s animalistic (sporagmos-ripping them apart and omophagia-eating the raw flesh)
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Agave and the Bacchae

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  • leads them in ripping apart Pentheus
  • they don’t realize what they’re doing
  • mounts his head on the thyrsus and parades it proudly back to Thebes thinking she’s killed a lion.
  • Cadmus calls her back to her senses and she realizes what she’s done
  • the house of Cadmus no longer has an heir and Cadmus and the sisters are exiled and must go their separate ways
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Final words of the Chorus

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  • gods will has been carried out
  • his own family is destroyed
  • were in a position of power and fortunate but during the course of the play they lost it all
  • humans not blameless and when they didn’t turn around how they were going to behave toward the gods Dionysus intervenes
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Peripeteia

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-reversal of fortune

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Fair?

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  • Dionysus gave Pentheus a lot of chances to change
  • Chorus says it seems very horrific, especially to Cadmus
  • Gods have killed more people for a lot less in other stories so perhaps Dionysus is action rationally
  • Pentheus goes over the line to deny Dionysus and maybe he believes he should make an example out of him
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Purpose of Tragedy?

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  • cautionary tale=diadatic meant to teach a lesson
  • explain that bad things happen
  • makes every day life seem better
  • provides catharsis
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Catharsis

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  • “release” experiencing strongly negative emotions allows them to be purged, leaving positive emotions in their place
  • idea of Aristotle
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