bacchae scholarship

Morwood- Dionysus

Dionysus profoundly disrupts

Jaffe-justice

divine justice is superior to man’s law

Seaford- Pentheus

Pentheus is not a tragic hero but a tragic tyrant

Scott- bacchae

one of the most powerful and disturbing plays ever written

Wyles-chorus

the chorus’ ecstatic joy ober Pentheus’ death is chilling

Garvie- Tiresias

the characters who question his wisdom usually find cause to regret it

Hall- family

tragedy of maternal suffering

Hall-Pentheus

Pentheus is an obnoxious arrogant stupid young man

Hall-Dionysus

lack of pity for human suffering

Morwood-Dionysus

Dionysus is most terrifying and most gentle to mortals

Garvie

the despair seems all the more darker because of the recurring theme of joy

Stuttard- chorus

one of the key components of the play

Roiseman-pentheus

pentheus is neither good nor completely bad