CLASSIC 45C Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Theatricality, Elision, Euripides
22 May 2017
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Seneca was advisor to the mentally unstable emperor nero. Hippolytus- deserves his punishment bc he has sinned against. Seneca"s operates on a totally human plane. Elision of gods may be connected with seneca"s stoicism. Denied that gods were direct agents of human. Hippolytus- phaedra commits suicide w/o knowing how her false accusation will affect hippolytus. Phaedra- p incriminates h and dies in full knowledge of her decision. Nurse is a different character in the two plays. Knowing and setting a limit to one"s sins . Speaks like a stoic philosopher but is not a straightforward stoic. Starts with reason but doesn"t end that way. First character to call h a rapist- a lie. H advocates purity and an unblemished life in nature. Given stoicism and seneca, the point of this is his contrast to. P love means sin in the woods (115) Nurse preaches desire for the right things and moderation. Phaedra and h come face-to-face role-playing theatricality.
