CLASSIC 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sophocles, Madea, Pentheus
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Greeks like to be naked, shown in paintings. Pay close attention to art and the looks of the characters, keep in mind that greeks have certain things that would seem off to them, such as a hat, sleeves, etc. Introduced low characters (ordinary people: in madea, the nurse and tutor) Nurse: great people have dangerous tempers: better to live moderately, god"s anger brings greater ruin to great men. Tutor: everyone loves himself more than others. Madea we women are the most unfortunate creatures : dowry to buy a master, adapting to a new family, no distraction from the boredom, go into battle vs. bear a child. Chorus if women could tell their side of a story : in reality, men are the deceitful ones, not women, apollo gave the lyre (poetry) to men, not women. Aristophanes, thesmophoriazousae: assembled women want to punish. Madea"s use of rhetoric/persuasion (creon, chorus, jason) Chorus (of asian bacchae: dionysus coming back from the east.
