Pentheus in the Bacchae
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- Created on: 14-04-22 09:04
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- Pentheus
- Hamartia
- not believing in Dionysus as a god
- he CHOSE to have this attitude
- Dionysus wishes to punish him for this
- Hubris
- he CHOSE to have this attitude
- not believing in Dionysus as a god
- Anagnorisis
- when Dionysus removes his influence on him. He 'wakes up'
- begs his mother to not kill him
- "Take pity on me mother, and do not kill me, your son, for my mistakes"
- realises that he should have believed in Dionysus
- Peripeteia
- being a king to being killed
- Character
- acts in ignorance
- doesn't realise that the stranger is Dionysus
- rebukes Cadmus and Tiresias for dressing up as Bacchants
- rejects Dionysus
- "fake Bacchic revels"
- loses all free will and self control once under the control of Dionysus
- Dio plays with him like a toy/puppet, dressing him up and sending him to death
- humiliated by Dio - dressing as a bacchant
- Violent tendencies
- threatens to stone the stranger and lock the women up
- Cadmus: dearest of all men
- Episode 2
- locks the women up
- insults the god
- "do not bind me"
- curious
- intrigued by the women on the mountain - wants to fin out more
- will actually lead to his death
- intrigued by the women on the mountain - wants to fin out more
- Transformation in Episode 3
- from raging, aggressive and stubborn to placid
- acts in ignorance
- Hamartia
- young and idealistic
- guardian of a purely rational civic and social order
- McEvoy: real people making bad decisions that lead to terrible results
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