order/disorder in the bacchae

Question 1

What does Dionysus want to do to Thebes?

Answer 1

Prove to everyone that he is a God + then move to another land + reveal them there

Question 2

What does Cadmus + Tiresias’ behaviour tell us about disorder?

Answer 2

They’re willing to subvert natural order to avoid punishment

Question 3

What does Pentheus say the women have done?

Answer 3

They’ve abandoned their homes to take part in fake Bacchic rituals in the mountains, honouring a new God

Question 4

What does Pentheus do when Dionysus challenges him?

Answer 4

Loses his temper + calls for D to be seized

Question 4

How does Dionysus appear in the moment he is captured?

Answer 4

Calm

Question 5

What does Dionysus propose Pentheus should do? What effect does this have on P?

Answer 5

Dionysus proposes Pentheus should dress as a women + pretend to be a Bacchant to spy on the rituals
Pentheus agrees

Question 6

What reversal do we see in the way P addresses D when they’re disguising?

Answer 6

He says “I am in your hands” when D is arranging P’s hair to

Question 7

What disorder do we see in the way the Bacchants approach the messenger?

Answer 7

They attack him - woman attacking men

Question 8

What is Agave convinced she killed?

Answer 8

She thinks she killed a lion cub

Question 9

What does Agave say about her senses towards the end of the play?

Answer 9

I am somehow returning to my senses. My mind is changed from before

Question 10

When would people worship Dionysus in the theatre?

Answer 10

To accept their irrational side

Question 11

Where was the Dionysus statue in Athens? What did it represent?

Answer 11

Acropolis
Reps passion, desire, appetite + irrationality