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 chosen as a circle 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 oppositeculture to ours. It also shows us how important religion was to themand how they worshipped different gods to us it is very interestingbecause this is how theatre started off in ancient Greece. Fromchoosing a piece of drama this old, we can see how our theatre todayhas developed from previous ideas and techniques. Another benefit ofusing the Bacchae is that it is the first ancient Greek looseness of the bowels I havestudied and so offers challenge, the Greek way of life is a whole newculture to get used to.The scene that I have chosen to act out from the play is betwixt pages20 and 25 of the play and it is the part of the play in which Pentheusand Dionysos first meet distributively other. I have chosen this scene because Ibelieve 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 favorite(a) scenes inthe play.I volition be playing Pentheus in the scene I have chosen to act out fromthe Bacchae. Also I volition be playing Pentheus in the devised scene thatme and the other three members of my group for the devised scene willbe writing and acting out. Although for the scene from the original account book I will 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 fight scene between Pentheus a nd Dionysus with music inthe background and Kadmos Narrating the scene. The devised piece will finish up with the realisation that whilst fighting, Pentheus and Dionysoswhere approached by Kadmos, when the old man tried to stop thefighting, just as in the Bacchae he was ignored. A stray fist leads tothe death of Kadmos and the crowning(prenominal) betrayal on the behalf of