Just a Girl from the North

Throughout the play, Bacchae, by Euripides, one can see many cases of irrationality and total bizarreness. In the Exodus (Final Scene), starting on page 47, these themes of irrationality and bizarreness are shown quite clearly. Starting in lines 1170, Agave expresses what she has brought down from the mountains. She believes she has captured a blessed hunt. Agave really does think that she has become this praised hunter, especially in lines 1174, “I caught him, with no ropes or snares. A lion’s cub-- he’s young, can you see?” Agave does not realize that this winning catch she has is the head of her own son, Pentheus. Agave not knowing she has her son’s head on a stake is a clear example of this bizarreness. Who put this absurd confusion in her head? The root of this craziness comes from none other than Dionysus, the god of intoxication. The only reason Agave is puzzled by who she has on her stake is because Dionysus, also known as Bacchae, makes Agave, along with other women, basica...

In Book Four of The Aeneid, Queen Dido is argued to be misunderstood because she has a troubled heart. I, however, wholeheartedly believe that she was being down right crazy. First off, she does not even know if she should get into this “relationship” with Aeneas. This is understandable because she just lost her husband and Virgil made it seem like she was most definitely infatuated with him. The fact that she was so in love with him was sweet but at the same time, it supports the idea that she gets extremely attached. So, at first Dido was all caught up about her late husband, but her sister, Anna gave her a little pep talk that fired up Dido’s craziness. Anna was all like don’t waste your life away, you’re still so young, you deserve the gift of love, and so on. This is just the beginning of what I like to call, Dido’s love storm. Since Anna got Dido all pumped up, Dido went through with seeing Aeneas. To my understanding, the feelings were mutual between the two. Aeneas was in ...