Pages 20 through 25 of Bacchae by Euripides :: Bacchae Euripides Greek Plays Essays

Pages 20 through 25 of Bacchae by EuripidesThe reason that Bacchae by Euripides was elect as a set text to beexamined on is because it is a classic ancient Greek performance. Itoffers us a look at how the Greeks lived in a completely differentculture to ours. It also shows us how important religion was to themand how they worshipped different gods to us it is very enkindlebecause this is how theatre started off in ancient Greece. Fromchoosing a piece of dramatic event this old, we can see how our theatre todayhas developed from previous ideas and techniques. another(prenominal) benefit ofusing the Bacchae is that it is the first ancient Greek play I havestudied and so offers challenge, the Greek way of life is a whole newculture to get used to.The convulsion that I have chosen to come out from the play is between pages20 and 25 of the play and it is the part of the play in which Pentheusand Dionysos first equalize each other. I have chosen this blastoff because I accept that it is a very important part of the play. It is a scenethat contains a lot of stichomythia between the two very importantcharacters in the play. This scene is a scene that would be enjoyableto act out, and also I feel that it is one of my favourite scenes inthe play.I allow be playing Pentheus in the scene I have chosen to act out fromthe Bacchae. Also I exit be playing Pentheus in the devised scene thatme and the other three members of my theme for the devised scene leavebe writing and acting out. Although for the scene from the originalscript I willing be working in a group of two, in the devised scene Iwill be working in a group of four, this is for a wider range ofBacchae characters to use in the devised piece. The content of thisscene will include a dialogue between the original Bacchae charactersof Pentheus, Dionysos, Agave and Kadmos.The scenes, which we willinclude, will be a scenario in which Dionysos visits the house ofPentheus, A shinny scene between Pentheus and Diony sus with music inthe background and Kadmos Narrating the scene. The devised piece willend with the realisation that whilst fighting, Pentheus and Dionysoswhere approached by Kadmos, when the old man tried to learn thefighting, just as in the Bacchae he was ignored. A stray clenched fist leads tothe death of Kadmos and the ultimate betrayal on the behalf of