The Punishment of Wrongdoing in Greek Tragedies, Emphasizing Pentheus, Creon, and Jason

        In Greek tragedies wrongful conduct was often severely punished, inquisitively if the wrongdoing involved defying the gods. The gods, macrocosm superior to mortals, rarely rival themselves with mortals except for in perfunctory acts of lust or acts of strike back after being defied or angered by a mortal. Mortals who happened to anger the gods faced some(prenominal) misfortunes, scarcely although the punishments of the god were both(prenominal) boisterous and severe, they were always just.         Pentheus angered Dionysus by his failure to fill in and accept Dionysus as a god, even though Dionysus is his cousin. He then sends his servants to capture a alien, whose ear he has already threatened to cut murder, whom he hopes to be a worshipper of Dionysus but is actually Dionysus in disguise. Pentheus insults the grotesque by job him feminine. He as well has a poor view of women and doesnt consider they are moral or are capable of domineering themselves. He believes worshipping Dionysus is an excuse for them to be promiscuous. Of the women he says, Then they walk glowering separately to sole(a) corners to serve the beds of men. Of course they appropriate they are priestesses; inspired priestesses; but they make more of Aphrodite than of Bacchus. He plans to capture the women and put them in cages.

Because of the view Pentheus has towards women and because he called the stranger feminine, Dionysus first brings a snag of madness upon Pentheus so he can convince the art object to do as a woman and parade well-nigh Thebes. This is so Pentheus will be humiliated, and he will also be wearing this nip for all eternity in the afterlife. Dionysus then plans the demise of Pentheus so the final result is his head being torn off by his mother, who believes she is killing a lion, If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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