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1
Q

Who wrote the play?

A

Euripides

2
Q

Was Euripides popular among the Athenian public?

A

No

3
Q

What was Euripides aiming to change?

A

The original state of affairs with which he was writing

4
Q

What role did this mainly involve?

A

The role of women

5
Q

What does the play centralise on according to the Hammer and the Flute?

A

The role of a possessed woman and their negative influence on men in society

6
Q

What did the possessive role of women lead to?

A

The mutilation and murder to the king

7
Q

What did the Hammer and Flute argue Euripides was trying to challenge?

A

Society and the traditional beliefs

8
Q

How was he doing this?

A

BY speaking out against the aristocratic influence

9
Q

What did Ruth Padel argue the role of a possessed woman was used for?

A

To speak out against ‘humanities current condition’

10
Q

What did this therefore highlight women as being?

A

‘a social and sexual emblem in an unjust system’

11
Q

What could using women as a sexual emblem therefore cultivate?

A

A change simply because they are different to the accepted norms of society

12
Q

What is the negative impact of female worshippers perceived as?

A

Having an ecstasy based goal

13
Q

When is this goal predominant?

A

It is predominant when undergoing the celebration of Bacchae festivals

14
Q

Who spoke about this ‘predominant goal’?

A

Ross S. Kraemer

15
Q

What does Kraemer state the motifs for the women of Bacchae festivals were?

A

Insanity and possession

16
Q

What does this ideology of insanity and possession argues women are?

A

Selfish in their goals

17
Q

What can this lead people to do?

A

Adopt a negative perception as the motifs of the women are also negative and self indulgent

18
Q

Did Euripides aim for people to have a negative perception of the women and their goals?

A

No

19
Q

What DID he aim for?

A

The aristocratic society he lived under to question their influence on ordinary marginalised civilians such as women and the poor