DRM100Y1 Lecture Notes - Peloponnesian War, Brutal Truth, Pentheus
10 Dec 2012
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God dionysus = presiding diety of the bacchae. Dionysus has qualities that are both masculine and feminine = gender confusion. This mixture is one of the emblems of his paradoxical role. He is a foreigner but also a foreigner from thebes. Dionysus is also a god of the theatre these plays were produced for a festival to honor the god dionysus. His identification with the theatre gives him a power feminized men are countered by masculinized women. The self in greek society is a masculine self. Women are central to the play (we can"t say euripides or. There is something very disturbing but fascinating about pentheus who is dressing up as a women. Dionysus breaches the physical integrity of pentheus (which is so dear to a man) and prepares him for the terrible sequel. Pentheus" body becomes the focus for the women"s hands -> the play is very much about the body.
