Euripides: Children of Heracles

Euripides: Children of Heracles
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781350076761
ISBN-13 : 1350076767
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Book Synopsis Euripides: Children of Heracles by : Florence Yoon

Download or read book Euripides: Children of Heracles written by Florence Yoon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides' Children of Heracles, providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles' family after his death. Euripides confronts characters and audience alike with an extraordinary series of plot twists and ethical challenges as the persecuted family of refugees struggles to find asylum in Athens before taking revenge on its enemy Eurystheus. It is a fast-paced story that explores the nature of power and its abuse, focusing on the appropriate treatment and behaviour of the powerless and the obligations and limitations of asylum. The audience must continually re-evaluate the play's moral dimensions as the characters respond to complications that range from the fantastic to the frighteningly realistic. Yoon situates Children of Heracles in its literary context, showing how Euripides constructs a unique kind of tragic plot from a wide range of conventions. It also explores the centrality of the dead Heracles and the leading role given to the socially powerless and the dramatically marginal. Finally, it discusses the historical contexts of the play's original performance and its political resonance both then and now.


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