10 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. Why does Dionysus come to Thebes at the beginning of the play?
2. What happens when Pentheus first tries to imprison Dionysus?
3. How does Dionysus convince Pentheus to go to Mount Cithaeron?
4. What does Agave believe she has done when she returns to Thebes carrying her son's head?
5. What is Pentheus's main reason for opposing the Dionysian rituals?
6. How does Cadmus respond when he learns what Pentheus has done?
7. What does the play suggest about the relationship between repression and vulnerability?
8. What is the outcome of Dionysus's final judgment on the royal family?
9. What does Tiresias's early appearance in the play suggest about Pentheus's decision to resist Dionysus?
10. How does the play treat the nature of Dionysian ecstasy?
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