Essay - Antigone and Bacchae the Tragedies of Ancient Greek Authors Sophocles...

Antigone and Bacchae

***** tragedies of Ancient Greek authors Sophocles ***** Euripides show the high level ***** human relations and developed system of social and moral values in Ancient Greece. In ***** tragedies The Bacchae and Antigone authors wanted to show the uniqueness of Greek moral culture, struggle for the unity of moral values ***** family values and the real value of harmony in society.

***** desire of Pentheus in the play The Bacchae for cross-dress*****g in order ***** spy the Bacchae, was basically motivated by the anger on Dionysus who submitted women to his will ***** also ***** immorality, chaos and bacchanalia. Pentheus was obviously losing control over the city ***** Thebes and tried to return his power by any means. He decides to kill bacchae as they are setting example of submission to Dionisys who wanted to gain ***** over Thebes. Pentheus doesn't understand that he is not able to resist Dionisisus who h***** a dualistic nature of being bot***** a man and god, and who's rank is higher than the rank ***** a mortal. The rule of ***** seems to be very authoritarian as he doesn't allow to worship to Dionysus as ***** doesn't want to share the power ***** ********** citizens with *****. Besides, we can see that Pentheus ***** ***** to submit women ***** his authority which violated Greek morals of freedom and equality. T***** is the main fault ***** ***** man, as he becomes the victim of his arrogance and narrow mind. It's obviously stated that power of gods can ***** be cognized ***** *****s ***** humans have to submit to existing laws set by gods. Besides, in many ********** it's obvious ***** ***** brought liberation to citizens of *****hebes together with joyful way of life and he can not be perceived as an ambitious ********** selfish God, but instead as one who cared about people. T***** decision of Pentheus for cross-dressing was motivated by a desire of ***** to ***** maenads and punish them. But at the same time it was curiosity and also a sexu*****l desire ***** watch free and liberated happy *****. The act of cross-dressing in order to spy women may be also viewed as a ***** to show protest ***** the l*****ws ***** by gods, as only ***** had ***** right to watch over humans and take image of humans (*****h ***** and men). Disrespect shown to Dionysus, as Pentheus refused ***** acknowledge Dionysus to be a god and disrespect ***** social norms decided the future fate of the mortal king. It was an open ***** based of selfishness and arrogance and it had no rational explanation. Pentheus is *****ed by death and dies from the h*****s of his mother who thought he ***** a wild be*****ts. Such death is very symbolic as ***** outlines that t***** will of god is higher ***** love of mother to son and god's pun*****hment h***** no mercy ***** sinners: "What is wisdom? Or what fairer gift from the gods in men's eyes