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What dramatic effects does Euripides create in this scene?
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Sotoodeh Yari 12B What dramatic effects does Euripides create in this scene? Dramatically the core of the play is a war of words and disagreement between the two characters: Pentheus and Dionysus. The distinguish mark of violent and narrow-minded man" Pentheus" against the smiling and ambiguous god" Dionysus". The Euripides immediately establishes from line 126 as ethical and theological basis for its play, since the speech of Teirasiases introduce this in monologue .His language almost sound as wise and well constructed, as he says: "Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement." That shows him being calm on surface. His speech more got a formal shape to itself. However, Euripides tries to play games with the audiences mind. In one hand the audience got the image of him being wise and formal, but in other hand he looses the hang of his speech and tries...
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