Thursday, October 20, 2005

Blood and Gore

Blood and gore
Sarcasm and irony
Boisterousness and intoxication
Curiosity and boldness
Deceit and vengeance
Tragedy and disillusionment
Hubris and Cithaeron's arete
“Dionysus is, for humans, fiercest and most sweet.”pp.36
Women in the play are downright crazy. It seems to have been this craziness which stirred the interest of the men in the first place. “Agave was foaming at the mouth” acting in sheer madness and possessed by Bacchus. They did the same thing to Pentheus as what happened with the image of the cow being ripped apart. Agave impaled the head of Pentheus on her thyrsus and paraded through town.
The messenger is one of the wisest people in the play. He knew to get the hell away from all of this calamity.
The play describes itself at every turn of the page. No need for a thesaurus here.
Any more words you can think of to describe The Bacchus of Euripides. Nuts Maybe?

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