Role of the gods/ prophecy/ fate/ religion in the Bacchae
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- The role of the gods/fate/ prophecy/ religion
- Power and Personality of the gods
- Do they have a moral high ground or does their behaviour resemble that of humans?
- (Cadmus, exodos): 'It is not right that the Gods should resemble mortals in their passions'
- Dionysus defends his revenge by reminding Cadmus of his status
- 'For I am a god, and I was insulted by you'
- Maybe Euripides is asking his audience to question the nature of the gods...
- Dionysus doesn't just want Pentheus dead, he wants him to be humiliated, perhaps highlighting his immaturity and presenting a vile aspect of the gods.
- (Dionysus, 3rd episode): 'I want him to be laughed at by the Thebans as he is led through the city disguised as a woman.'
- Dionysus is 'most terrible, and yet most gentle to mankind'
- Do they have a moral high ground or does their behaviour resemble that of humans?
- Dionysus dictates the fate of the characters
- Dionysus plans Pentheus' death and plans for the rest of the family to be exiled, with Cadmus and Harmony being turned into serpents
- (Dionysus, exodos): 'My father Zeus agreed to this long ago'
- were their fates already sealed?
- (Dionysus re chorus 3rd episode): 'The man is moving into the net, and he will come to the bacchants, where he will be punished by death.
- (Dionysus, exodos): 'My father Zeus agreed to this long ago'
- Dionysus plans Pentheus' death and plans for the rest of the family to be exiled, with Cadmus and Harmony being turned into serpents
- Tiresias plays the role of a seer, and prohecises that Pentheus should worship Dionysus.
- 'I cannot begin to tell you how great he will be in Greece'
- Dionysus displays his divine power, for good and for bad.
- (on Cithaeron): 'the earth spread the light of divine fire'
- 'from the upper air, a voice, Dionysus it seemed, cried out'
- (3rd episode): 'It was at this time Bacchus came, and shook up the palace, and made fire blaze up on his mother's tomb.'
- (Dionysus re Cadmus and Harmony, exodos): 'You will be turned into a serpent, and your wife will take the form of a snake'
- Tiresias: 'We do not hold intellectual debates on the gods. No logic will overthrow the traditions we have received from our fathers.'
- Reflects what is happening in Athenian society, the rise of sophistry.
- Is this a message from Euripides for the audience?
- Reflects what is happening in Athenian society, the rise of sophistry.
- Chorus of Bacchants
- could be an example of acts involved in cult-like worship
- dancing, singing, music, wine , nature
- (Messenger): 'They are intoxicated by the wine-bowl and the sound of the flute.'
- dancing, singing, music, wine , nature
- could be an example of acts involved in cult-like worship
- Gods disgusting themselves as mortals
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