Racine's PhaedraPhèdre by Jean Racine (1639-99) has long been considered one of the greatest glories of the French theatre. When the heroine, hounded by supernatural forces, falls tragically in love with her unresponsive stepson, her fate is sealed; but her struggle, conducted in a fearful atmosphere of vengeance and intrigue, is articulated in dramatic verse of the highest intensity. |
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Acheron Antiope Aphrodite Ariadne ARICIA and ISMENE Artemis Athens banished breath brothers chariot chaste cheap trick Crete crime dark dead death despair despite disgrace doubt enemy enter HIPPOLYTUS enter PHAEDRA Enter THERAMENES Erectheus Exeunt PHAEDRA exile Exit OENONE eyes face fate father fear fierce gods gone Greece grief guilty hands hate hear heart heaven Hercules hide HIPPOLYTUS Theramenes honour hope husband innocent blood king known leave lest light listen longer look lord Minotaur misery misogyny monster mortal mother murderous never once Pasiphaë Peloponnese Persephone PHAEDRA and OENONE PHAEDRA Theseus Phèdre poison Poseidon prayer pride prince queen RACINE'S PHAEDRA reins remember remorse resistance Scythian secret ships shore shrine silence soul speak stare stony heart sword Tartarus tears tell terrible there's THESEUS Ah thing thought treacherous Troezene truth unhappy victim watched weep wife wish words wrong young
References to this book
Western Drama Through the Ages: A Student Reference Guide [2 Volumes] Kimball King No preview available - 2007 |