Comparing and Contrasting The Bacchae with Contemporary Issues

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the role of women. Due to the fact that women were confined to their homes in Ancient Greece, the tasks of women were simply to raise the boys, and teach the girls domestic skills. While Ancient Greece saw an obvious focus on the abilities of men, women in modern society experience much greater opportunities as compared to Ancient Greece. In modern society, women not only work, but also constitute a large percentage of the working population. As well as greater employment opportunities, modern women also see better educational opportunities. According to USA Today, the modern woman makes up fifty-seven percent of the current university undergraduate population in the United States. In addition, a major difference can be seen between the roles of women in Ancient Greece as compared to modern society in terms of women's role in government. As women in Ancient Greece had absolutely no civic or governmental responsibility, a drastic difference is seen in modern society. According to ...

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xenophobia as well as reflect on modern examples of the same issue. With an extreme hatred for the east, specifically the land of Lydia, Pentheus clearly shows his xenophobia as he says, "People say/some stranger has arrived, some wizard/a conjurer from the land of Lydia/with sweet-smelling hair in golden ringlets/and Aphrodite's charm in wine-dark eyes" (290-294, The Bacchae). In comparison, Pentheus' xenophobia towards Lydia shows a clear correlation between the xenophobia that exists between these two lands in modern times. Although many events have transpired to enforce the xenophobia among the people of these countries, the Greco-Turkish War was perhaps the most influential. This ...

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