The Swaggering Soldier Flashcards
Why did pleusicles go to naupactus?
On a diplomatic mission
“My master….. is a man wrapped up in an elephants hide; he has no more intelligence than a stone.” Who says this and about who is he speaking?
Palaestrio said it about pyrgopolynices
Who was advised to eat less darnel and why?
Palaestrio because it was making him blind
What was lurcio’s job? For whom did he work?
He was in charge of the wine cellar in pyrgopolynices’ house
According to sceledrus how alike were honoria and philocomasium
As alike as two buckets of water from the same bucket
Why did the actors use asides
To tell the audience what they really think about a character or situation in the play
Who was pleusicles? Where was his home?
He was a young man in love with philocomasium and his home was in athens
Give one advantage and disadvantage of wearing masks on stage
Advantage: males could play female characters
Disadvantage: no facial expressions
Who is artotrogus and what point is he making here: “i was thinking about that elephant in india and how you broke his ulna with a single blow of your fist.”
He is pyrgopolynices satellite or right hand man and he’s making the point of how strong pyrgopolynices is and is flattering him.
“What are you doing here, philocomasium…… Philocomasium im talking to you” why is philocomasium not replying to sceledrus?
Because she was pretending to be her twin sister Honoria
Try to stop crying now. Theres a good girl” who does palaestrio say this to and why is she crying?
He says it to philocomasium and she is pretending to be upset from leaving pyrgopolynices
What does the stage-set (scanae frons) represent?
A backdrop in a roman theatre representing a street scene with the doors of three adjoining houses
Why was the play set in a greek town?
Because the play was adapted from a greek play. It also enabled the playwright to use satire
Who says “ill have her out here in front of you in two shakes”
Palaestrio says it about philocomasium
What woman was to be produced “as your wife- all dressed up like a married woman , ribbons and ringlets and so on”? What was the reason for this?
Acroteleutium and she was to pretend to be the wife of periplectomenus and to be madly in love with pyrgopolynices to encourage hime to want to get rid of philocomasium
Why does pleusicles disguise himself as a sailor?
To fetch philocomasium to go to the harbour and to make the story more believable
How is pyrgopolynices punished for his behaviour?
He was flogged, he lost his tunic,cloak and sword, payed a fine. He lost philocomasium and the grift he gave her and palaestrio
When did plautus write his plays?
200B.C
On what occasion were plays performed in ancient rome?
Religious festival days
“the only thing to be said for him is his cook makes a marvellous olive salad.” who says this and who owns the cook?
Artotrogus says this and pyrgopolynices owns the cook
“I shall say that philocomasium has a twin sister who has just arrived from Athens.” Why does palaestrio want to pretend that philocomasium has a twin sister?
To make sceledrus beleive it was philocomasium’s identical twin sister he saw kissing pleusicles
Who is descibed as “a model of middle-aged manners, a child of the nursery of Venus”
Periplectomenus
“In the first place, then, here is a love token for you” what is this love token amd who is it supposed to belong to?
Its a ring and its supposed to belong to Acroteleutium and she gave it to pyrgopolynices
What was sceledrus doing on the roof?
He was said to be chasing a monkey but was actually spying on philocomasium and periplectomenus
