Euripides EThe Bacchae The Evil of Logic and Emotion s Extremesget his audience to recognize this
EuripidesEThe Bacchae shows us what evil can be done when you take two major parts of human nature, logic and emotion, to their extremes. ... Taking emotion too far per say. ... Remember that Pentheus is very young, this is Euripides deliberate choice, which destroys the gods claim of restraint or wisdom. ... Pentheus suffers for his inability to recognize the primal spirit represented by Dionysus. ... Pentheus fears this and fears to recognize it. ... Euripides sets up a number of parallels and contrasts between Pentheus and Dionysus. ... EuripidesEThe Bacchae uses these animal symbols to represent the animal side of man, and to