What is Pentheus' tragic flaw? Please provide examples from the story.
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Pentheus' tragic flaw is his masculine posturing (cockiness) combined with his insecurity.
Once Dionysis has the young king Pentheus confused and in a dress, he lures him to his death purring, "Only you are man enough for this." And just as his cock-suredness makes his appearance in cross-dress the more silly, his boyish innocence heightens the horror and poignance of his fate.
Once Dionysis has the young king Pentheus confused and in a dress, he lures him to his death purring, "Only you are man enough for this." And just as his cock-suredness makes his appearance in cross-dress the more silly, his boyish innocence heightens the horror and poignance of his fate.
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