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Alone on stage, Pseudolus boasts of his ability to carry about schemes. Soon Pseudolus encounters Harpax, the Macedonian soldier’s slave, who is looking for Ballio. Pseudolus pretends to be Ballio’s slave, Surus, and tells Harpax he can leave the money for Phoenicium with him. Harpax refuses, but he does leave a sealed letter from his master.
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Pseudolus often uses military language to describe his plan...
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Pseudolus is frustrated that Simo’s knowledge of his plan...
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Here, Simo readily hands twenty minae to Pseudolus, to whom...
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Pseudolus, whose name means “liar” in Greek, is the slave of...
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Pseudolus is frustrated that Simo’s knowledge of his plan presents an unexpected complication. Noticing Pseudolus, Simo tells Callipho he wants him tortured; Callipho tells him to ask about the rumors. In response to Pseudolus’s witty comments, Simo notes that Pseudolus is “high and mighty” (458); Callipho agrees there is “no lack of ...
Here, Simo readily hands twenty minae to Pseudolus, to whom he has lost a bet. Similarly, Ballio does not fight Harpax’s demands that Ballio return the money the Macedonian soldier paid for Phoenicium, nor does he refuse to pay Simo the money he promised if Pseudolus succeeded in his plot. Characters’ willingness to accept defeat and pay ...
Class does not equal intelligence: With the stock character, the clever slave (played by Pseudolus), the audience gets a glimpse that, despite the assumptions that Pseudolus, a slave, cannot possibly outwit the upperclass citizens, Ballio and Simo, this indeed does occur. Pseudolus is able to prove just how clever he is by fooling multiple others in order to help his owner's son, Calidorus.
Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus is the universal underdog trickster, used to surviving—and thriving—by his wits. He may be a slave, but in terms of who is as a person, he is the equal (or more) of his masters. But ...
Pseudolus. Mosaic of Actors Preparing to Perform a Play. As in both the plays of Aristophanes and Menander, the roman playwright Plautus addresses the issues of class consciousness and status in his works. Plautus particularly addresses the influence that class and status had on ancient Roman society and thinking.
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Apr 29, 2021 · 1245, the last line of Simo’s short exit monologue, unnecessarily repeats elements of the soliloquy (1239 and 1241), thereby weakening the humourous antithesis between Simias’s claim that Pseudolus is a more successful trickster than Odysseus (1244) and the drunken Pseudolus’ entrance: he can’t even control his feet anymore. It thus appears to be a later addition.
