Greek theatre Modern Scholars 0.0 / 5 ? Classical Civilizationgreek theatremodern scholarsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: flyingcolours01Created on: 09-03-23 20:46 swift (Oedipus) "tragic chorus... not simply immersed in the structure of the play, but also within the outside world" 1 of 26 kitto (Oedipus) "at the end he is the polluted outcast, himself the cause of the city's distress" 2 of 26 goldhill (Oedipus) "oedipus is a paradox in himself- he is both saviour and monster" 3 of 26 fagled (Oedipus) "oedipus is his own destroyer" 4 of 26 garvie (Oedipus) "it is not so much his crimes as his discovery of them that leads to his fall" 5 of 26 foley (Dionysus) "euripides presents dionysus as a director who constructs his own play within a play" 6 of 26 knox (Dionysus) "transforms the meaning tyrant Pentheus into crazed victim" 7 of 26 mossman (Dionysus) "duel nature of dionysus": 8 of 26 plutarch (Dionysus) "[theatre was] nothing to do with dionysus" 9 of 26 goldhill (Pentheus + Dionysus) "[pentheus and dionysus] reveal the dark side of eachother] 10 of 26 serbo (Pentheus) "does not appear to consider the city at all" 11 of 26 roisman (Bacchae) "no parent can watch agave's recognition and not sympathise" 12 of 26 roisman (Bacchae) "the most tragic in Greek theatre" 13 of 26 stuttard (Bacchae) " bacchae is one of euripides' most disturbing plays" 14 of 26 knox (Oedipus) "the hero thus the destroyer" 15 of 26 knox (Oedipus) "oedipus is clearly a man of action" 16 of 26 dodds (Oedipus) "suicide would not have served his purpose" 17 of 26 dodds (Oedipus) "Oedipus is great because he accepts the responsibility for all his acts" 18 of 26 scholz (Oedipus) "[Jocasta] holds herself and not him responsible for the tragic events in his life" 19 of 26 mossman (Bacchae) "dressing up as a maenad, pentheus seems to give up his own identity" 20 of 26 mossman (Bacchae) "extreme views of the chorus make the audience begin to sympathise with pentheus thus catharsis" 21 of 26 judith affleck and clive letchford (Frogs) "frogs was written and produced at a time of extreme uncertainty" 22 of 26 judith affleck and clive letchford (Frogs) "its a mixture of slapstick, nonsense and more serious political, cultural and moral insights" 23 of 26 judith affleck and clive letchford (Frogs) "the political question that emerges in this play is whom to trust" 24 of 26 judith affleck and clive letchford (Frogs) "old-fashioned Aeschylus ... modern, sophisticated Euripides" 25 of 26 kennneth dover (Frogs) "frogs ... is a document from which we can infer athenian attitudes to tragedy" 26 of 26
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