![]() ![]() The first is a misspoken line by Kadmos to the other, where as the second is a conversation between them about the origins of Dionysus. The first and second are both conversations between the Kadmos and Tiresias. The comedic points, although vulgar, play an important role in creating a secondary tone in Soyinka’s version of The Bacchae. The majority of these instances is in the dialogue between the characters Kadmos and Tiresias. ![]() ![]() There are several instances in which comedy is inserted in the play that momentarily changes its tone. In Wole Soyinka’s retelling of The Bacchae, a classical Greek play, the tone has been slightly altered to include a comedic aspect which neither excludes the initial somber tendency nor does the plot deviate far from Euripides 5 th c. This article is one of three in a series on Bacchus/Dionysus, you can read the next one here. ![]()
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