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Foley- Dionysus
A director who constructs his own play within a play
Garvie- Dionysus
Paradox- promises joy, at the end produces suffering and horror
Carey- Pentheus
Becomes an outsider, made worse by his tyrannical behaviour
Wyles- Pentheus
Cross-dressed with bacchic accessories- symbolic of Dionysus' control over him
Roisman- Pentheus
Desires the sexual activity he condemns
Roisman- Agave
Recognition scene is one of the most painful and harrowing scenes in Greek tragedy
Wyles- The Bacchae
Their ecstatic joy is chilling and heightens the pathos for Pentheus' death
Garvie- Tiresias
Tragedians portray Tiresias with respect and characters who disrespect him usually pay a price
Mills- Gods and Mortals
Dionysus is a god in human form, Pentheus aspires to be a human in god form
Wyles- Fallen palace
Transformed from a symbol of royal authority to a symbol of Dionysus' power
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