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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i am surprised by how much i liked this. also dang that was some walking dead level gore in a 2400 year-old play. nice.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Okay I was like this play is boring and then I talked about it for 2 hours at book club and actually I loved it
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Basically everyone got doomed. And I also like Dionysus
Tragedy of retribution
Might be Euripides best. The slaughter and humiliation of Pentheus is so brutal it’s kind of hard to read in a good way.
Might be Euripides best. The slaughter and humiliation of Pentheus is so brutal it’s kind of hard to read in a good way.
So let me get this straight, dude straight up doubts the divinity of the intoxicating nature of our relationship with the physical and gets deheaded, castrating his kingdom, by his own mother, who acts as a tool of said divinity? And, more than this, the twice-born figure gets MFing carried away on a nearly pure symbol of fertility that pulls a triple act as symbols of the experiential (mental) and judgement? Sonuva, AND there's more to the story, with special regards to dissolution of our concepts of self and dismemberment?
If onlys and but we're candies and nuts, that poor, proud soul woulda recognized the sacred nature of his sensual self he wouldna been symbolically, incestuously non-con sexed by his dear ol great mama and been lead away by the divine revelation of his true form. Pride really do come before the impotency :(.
He didnae pray so prey he became. He didnae submit, so his kingdom acquit. He didnae thing and so he in'nae king.
Sign me up for the sequel.
If onlys and but we're candies and nuts, that poor, proud soul woulda recognized the sacred nature of his sensual self he wouldna been symbolically, incestuously non-con sexed by his dear ol great mama and been lead away by the divine revelation of his true form. Pride really do come before the impotency :(.
He didnae pray so prey he became. He didnae submit, so his kingdom acquit. He didnae thing and so he in'nae king.
Sign me up for the sequel.
mysterious
fast-paced
Kirk provides excellent commentary throughout, explaining a lot of his translation choices and context. He renders the whole play and verse very readable, and retains a lot of the dark humour well. I also respect him for not shying away from character analysis in his footnotes, such as speculating about Pentheus' willingness to crossdress (857-860), and also responding to other critics getting hung up on stuff which Euripedes was not thinking that deeply about (1120f).
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes