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The Moral Characterisation of the Ἰουδαῖοι: A Comparative Study of Opponents to the Divine in the Gospel of John and Euripides' Bacchae
This thesis examines the moral characterisation of divine opponents in Euripides’ Bacchae and the Gospel of John, comparing the characterisation of Pentheus, the divine opponent in Euripides’ Bacchae, with the Ἰουδαῖοι in John, including those characters directly identified as belonging to this …
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Ancient Greek Maenads: Comparing Mythological Worshippers of Dionysos to Reality
Euripides' Bacchae is an excellent example of a mythological story with incorporated historical elements. The ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides examines the introduction of a new deity, Dionysos, to the well-established religion of the ancient Greek world. In this world, Dionysos leads and …
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The mediation in late twentieth-century English theatres of selected ancient Greek tragedy texts and themes concerned with women and power
This thesis posits a dialogue between ancient Greek and modern English theatres and gives evidence of this dialogue by relating Merent aspects of modem theatre to the recent performance reception in England of specific Greek texts or images which are concerned with women possessed of or by some …
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Parched: The Queer Alcoholic on the Modern American Stage, 1940-1970
"Parched" mines the rich correlation between queerness and alcoholism on the modern American stage. It explores the peculiar seductions of the queer alcoholic via readings of six plays from American dramatic literature: Eugene O’Neill’s "The Iceman Cometh" (1946) and "Long Day’s Journey Into Night" …
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Beauty of Form and Concept: The Aesthetics of Late Euripidean Tragedy
Euripides’ late tragedies represent some of the most controversial works in the Greek tragic corpus. This thesis explores their aesthetics – that is, stylistic features of language, characterisation, and concept, together with the impact these might be expected to have on an audience. Each of the …
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Ted Hughes and Theatre: The Emerging Dramatist 1956-1959
<p dir="ltr">This thesis focuses on Ted Hughes’s first full-length verse drama for the stage, The House of Taurus, completed in October 1959. Begun in autumn 1957, Taurus is also part of the story of Hughes’s sojourn in the United States and his determination to use those thirty months to develop …