Dionysus in the Bacchae
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- Created on: 14-04-22 09:24
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- Dionysus
- Prologue
- identifies himself as the god Dionysus, son of Zeus and Semele
- states his purpose in Thebes
- has caused the women to go mad like Bacchants
- threatens violence if Thebes uses force to remove them
- to punish the daughters of Cadmus for not believing in him
- wants to punish Pentheus for not worshipping him
- prove to Thebes he is a god
- has caused the women to go mad like Bacchants
- Episode 2
- been captured by a soldier
- Soldiers describes how the stranger was gentle when under arrest
- Pentheus effeminises Dio to insult him
- interrogated by Pentheus
- Dio speaks in riddles
- Dio is in control of the situation
- "Do not bind me"
- threatning. change in tone
- calm
- been captured by a soldier
- Episode 3
- miracles
- palace is shaken by an earthquake
- creates a hallucinateion to trick Pentheus
- Pentheus ties up a bull
- in control
- Dio now effeminises Pen
- pity
- dresses him up as a bacchant
- shows Dio's physical and mental powers
- Dio now effeminises Pen
- tells the chorus that he will kill Pentheus
- audience loses sympathy for Dio in this episode - too cruel and vindictave
- miracles
- Episode 4
- continues to play with Pen
- makes him look and act stupidly
- leads Pen towards his death
- continues to play with Pen
- Episode 5
- Miracles
- Pulls the fir tree down for Pentheus to get onto
- causes complete silence
- instructs the women to kill Pentheus
- given them superhuman strength to brutally murder him
- Miracles
- Exodus
- Deus ex machina
- Justifies his actions
- states that the mortals could have avoided their punishment had the worshipped him
- Prophesises the futures of Cadmus and Agave
- Cadmus
- you punish too severely!
- Prologue
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