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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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Simo tells him that “[i]f you pull it off, your achievement...
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Here, Simo readily hands twenty minae to Pseudolus, to whom...
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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.
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 ...
Simo tells him that “[i]f you pull it off, your achievement would be absolutely amazing!” (512). Pseudolus says if he fails, Simo can flog him. Simo says that if the plan succeeds, Pseudolus will “spend the rest of [his] life in peace” (515). Pseudolus warns Simo to “watch out” (517).
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.
Sep 5, 2023 · Last Updated September 5, 2023. Pseudolus was written by Titus Maccius Plautus and is one of the oldest plays that survives from ancient Rome. The play begins with a warning that it’s long ...
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Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus is a comedy with many elements of farce. While it pokes fun at the individual characters’ foibles, and its action hinges on stock devices such as deceit, disguise, and mistaken ...
