Plautus' Plays

Of the two plays, I enjoyed The Braggart Soldier more due to its clever characters. I liked Cassina a lot and thought that it was wonderfully blunt, but its plot line was not the most interesting to me. The Braggart Soldier, on the other hand, was full of many twists and made more entertaining by the ability of several characters to play off one another when fooling the soldier. Palaestrio, though, is who really draws me to this play. I am very fond of a narrator, particularly one who is involved in the story, and Palaestrio fills this role. I also greatly admired his cleverness and found it very ironic that everyone else in the play listened so keenly to a simple servant. Additionally, I also enjoyed the rhythm and rhyme scheme of this play and admire the man who was able to translate with the rhyme.