My artistic theme is about the play “The Bacchae of Euripides” and how the god Dionysusis irrational behavior is in accord with that of Alcibiades in Plato’s Symposium. In both books the above named character’s behavior was reactive to their situations rather than proactive. In the Symposium, Alcibiade’s unrequited love, or rather lust for Socrates drives him to make a fool of himself at the “dinner party”. During his speech Alcibiades speaks of Socrates as if he were a superior being; he has a special hold or power over emotions of others. He mentions that “(Socrates) presents himself as your lover, and before you know it, you’re in love with him yourself! Therefore, justifying to himself that he is not in control of his body or emotions. This is in direct contrast to the character of Socrates presented by Plato. Socrates believes in self-control-being in contro....

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