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    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris"
    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris"
    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris"
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    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris"

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    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535826198
    A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris"

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      A Study Guide for Euripides's "Iphigenia in Tauris" - Gale

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      Iphigenia in Taurus

      Euripides

      C. 414 B.C.

      Introduction

      To a modern audience, there is very little dramatic intensity in Iphigenia in Taurus. Those who hunger for action, deep emotion, or sharp irony may find this straightforward play boring. Iphigenia in Taurus seems a strange combination of tragedy and romance because although tragic conditions precede the events of the play and tragic events nearly happen, no one dies or ends in misfortune in this play. The misfortunes plaguing both Orestes and Iphigenia already exist before the play begins and by the end they are freed of their problems with little effort. The characters talk about past or potential traumas, then neatly dismiss or avoid them. All of the dangerous action occurs offstage or outside of the events of the play itself. Thus, in addition to its traditional classification as a tragedy, Iphigenia in Taurus has been called a romantic melodrama.

      But the play does meet Artistotle’s definition of a work that releases pity and fear through exciting and then resolving these emotions (as a tragedy should). The prolonged scene wherein Orestes and Pylades refuse to reveal their identities to Iphigenia and she fails to reveal her own, allows a build up of pity and fear that are released when Iphigenia pronounces her brother’s name. This moment of recognition constitutes one element that Aristotle considered key to tragedy: a reversal of situation and

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