Here is a page from my book. It helps to have the family tree and the background.
What a trip about the Spartoi eh? Also, notice the relationship between Dionysus and Pentheus.
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HW: Read through page 9 in the printed copy.
Journal 34
- As you read through Bacchae, highlight lines that allude to the dichotomy (divide) between social/moral order (Zeno thinking) and wild natured chaos (Heraclitus thinking).
- Why is Dionysus so "salted"?
- What purpose is the chorus (aka Voices 1,2 & 3) serving?
- Consider, what point are Cadmus and Tiresius making about the concept of wisdom and what makes a person wise?
- How would you cast and direct the scene with Tiresius and Cadmus? (Keep in mind he was the king of Thebes until just recently.)
- What values does Pentheus represent?
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