Monday, September 30, 2019

Which Play I prefer. Casina or The Baggart Solider

"The Baggart Solider" to me was harder to follow. The actual format of the play was part of this. The paragraphs in this ply were longer and I lost focus easily. The names of the characters in the play were also very confusing. All the main characters started with P and they were hard to pronounce. Casina was much more entertaining for me. The humor aspect kept me engaged. While a girl getting fought over by two lovers is tiring story but the humor kept up the energy. I did like the scheming in "the Baggart Solider" play but even is this plot point it was still confusing to follow. I also like how Cleostrata was able to figure out her husbands plot and disrupt it. She is this play is not just the helpless wife unable to stop her husband.

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  1. Cleostrata's powerful role is also what I enjoy about "Casina". Otherwise, wives in Roman comedy are depicted more as a nagging victim and spoil-sport, whereas here Cleostrata is clearly the person for whom we are rooting.

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