I need help in finding a good analysis of the death of Phedre and her confession to her husband Theseus. What does her death reveal to us? Is she restoring honor by dying? If u have the answer to these questions, or better yet a link that has these answers, that would be great! Thanks for ur help in advance.
2007-03-09 11:44:58 · 2 answers · asked by Tiffany G 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Open the link for the rest of the summaries
http://www.courttheatre.org/home/plays/0203/phedre/studyguides.shtml
Act 1: Confession
Hippolytus famed throughout Greece for his aversion to women, confesses to his trusted friend, Theramenes his love for the Athenian princess, Aricia. She had six brothers, who were all killed by Theseus in order to consolidate his power in Athens. Hippolytus worries that his father will forbid the match, and also feels like he can't move forward with courting Aricia until Theseus' fate is known.
When Enone, Phèdre's trusted servant, comes out and says the ill Phèdre wants to see the son, the men agree to leave. In her desire to preserve the dying Phèdre, Enone extracts a confession from her mistress that the Goddess Venus' foul curse of incestuous passion that has been killing her. The scene is set when news of Phaedra's husband, Theseus' death reaches their ears.
Another good link below
http://www.shvoong.com/books/1452-phedre/
2007-03-09 12:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.textetc.com/workshop/wt-racine-1b.html
2007-03-09 19:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋