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ollie_gore's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
vianadear's review against another edition
4.0
amo la lógica divina de que "ah no me querrás rendir culto? oki te hago despedazar a tu hijo"
christianholub's review against another edition
3.0
Definitely the most fascinating of all the Greek tragedies I read for a class this quarter. It has both surprisingly hilarious and deeply tragic moments, as well as some very interesting thoughts on the variety of religious experience and the meaning of drunkenness.
witherskeleton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
sophwest's review against another edition
4.0
This was so fun. I've consumed a lot of media (the secret history, yellowjackets) that references this story recently and it was expectedly excellent to read it from the source.
m_cruz's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
book_busy's review against another edition
4.0
Euripides outwrites Sophocles in every capacity. His potrayal of women is so much more interesting and humanising. Agave would beat Jocasta in a fight every time. I think the themes of Bacchae are so universally relevant, much more so than the blind everyman of Oedipus. I think this exploration of civility versus barbarism and sexual repression versus sensual liberation is so interesting and visceral. And the ending... well, enough said there really.
1st re-read: Overall, this is such a fascinating but peculiar play. I wish I could somehow travel back in time to hear the musical accompaniment and costuming of the original chorus! Pentheus is still a whiny fool but I struggle to fully accept Dionysus as the ultimate protagonist as he is like a divine mirror of Pentheus . Still, Pentheus is my least favourite tragic hero which in a way makes his lack of autonomy throughout the play oddly satisfying. Agave is bland but pitiful and I find Euripides' portrayal of Tiresias as a motif very confounding.
1st re-read: Overall, this is such a fascinating but peculiar play. I wish I could somehow travel back in time to hear the musical accompaniment and costuming of the original chorus! Pentheus is still a whiny fool but I struggle to fully accept Dionysus as the ultimate protagonist as he is like a divine mirror of Pentheus . Still, Pentheus is my least favourite tragic hero which in a way makes his lack of autonomy throughout the play oddly satisfying. Agave is bland but pitiful and I find Euripides' portrayal of Tiresias as a motif very confounding.