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The BacchaeOne of the fundamental roles of the Chorus in Euripides's work is to provide a counterpoint to the forces of doubt and skepticism towards the divine. Euripides himself was not very fond of the...
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The BacchaeAn important part of a comparison between Dionysus and Pentheus in relation to the rites of passage relates to the kratos, or the power to rule. For Dionysus, his kratos descends to him from his...
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The BacchaeThis question is a bit difficult to answer because we don't know much about what previous tragedians had done with the story of Pentheus and Dionysus. Typically, though, Euripides is regarded as...
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The BacchaeThere are many themes in Euripides Bacchae. It is a wonderful work that deserves to be read several times. Let me only name a few of themes. First, I would say that one of the most important...
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The BacchaeIf for example the character you chose to analyse was Dionysus; you could say that he shows humanism when he free's the maenads from Pentheus's jail-like closure and through the way that he...
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The BacchaePentheus does not believe that Dionysus is a divinity. He believes that what the women are doing is for a false god and that it is immoral. When the women went to the woods to begin their...