#huh. characters only have real bodies (ie bodies that can weep and bleed and fall apart and die) off-stage?
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come ON ajax telling tecmessa μηδ᾽ ἐπισκήνους γόους δάκρυε??????? don't cry in front of the tent. don't cry on stage.
#which she cANT do because her face is fixed and cannot weep!#huh. characters only have real bodies (ie bodies that can weep and bleed and fall apart and die) off-stage?#but also: tragedy as a genre kind of IS ἐπισκήνους γόους. ajax trying to change that + make it a heroic rather than tragic story?#ajax: the play that has the most fun with σκηνή and compounds. ok i should read hecuba next actually#i dont remember trojan women doing anything interesting with the tents and inside/outside but it's been a while#mine#bodycostume#ajaxblogging
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