Locrine: A Tragedy
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- Synopsis
- Following the Senecan model of revenge tragedy, each of the play's five acts is preceded by a Prologue that features Ate, the ancient Greek goddess of folly and ruin. In each, Ate introduces and explicates a dumbshow; the play's five dumbshows feature symbolic figures and animals, or personages of classical mythology. In the first, an archer kills a lion; the second shows Perseus and Andromeda, and the third, a snake stinging a crocodile. The fourth dumbshow features Hercules and Omphale; the final dumbshow depicts Medea's murder of Jason and Glauce. Ate returns for a sixth and final appearance at the play's conclusion.
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Book Details
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781343146983
- Publisher:
- BiblioBazaar
- Date of Addition:
- 07/07/16
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This book is in the public domain and is freely available to all.