'Pseudolus' by Plautus
- Created by: Holly
- Created on: 11-06-13 18:46
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- Pseudolus
- "Clever Slave" stock type
- He creates the plan in which Phoeniciumis given to Calidorus
- Frequently uses military language
- "the auspices plainly propitious- I am ready to lead my ranked battalions forward to the field"
- "We'll take by storm this citidel of pimpery"
- "I've got all my forces lined up in my mind, arts, and stratagems-two and three deep"
- "Besiege and capture the position before the day is out"
- Use of mock heroic language
- "wheresoever we may grapple with the adversary - and I say this, my friends, in the confidence inspired by the valour of my forebears, by my own determination and unscrupulous villainy - victory is certain"
- Anaphora - the repetition of words
- "this enemy, our common enemy, my enemy and yours, this Ballio, will be scientificaly and ballisticaly destroyed"
- Loyalty to his master's son Calidorus
- "But cheer up, I'll never desert a master in love"
- Personality
- He even tells people not to trust a word that he says - "be on your guard"
- Pseudolus means 'liar' in Greek
- He even tells people not to trust a word that he says - "be on your guard"
- Self aware
- he hasn't much of a clue what he will do to solve his master's issues and knows that he has entertained his master with a feast of words
- Talks in images
- Metaphor of weaving, compares himself to a poet and a poet's art.
- Says he is going to invent 200 drachmas, whioch does not exist at present
- "Clever Slave" stock type
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