Monday, September 22, 2014

The Two Plays of Plautus

Between Casina and The Braggart Soldier, I preferred Casina. I found Casina to be witty and funny. I agree with what a lot of other bloggers have said in regards to it's comedy, for example when Lysidamus and Olympio touch each others private parts. I also want to add two scenes that I thought were also funny and have yet to be mentioned. The first is the prologue. The prologue introduces the story, which turns out to be rather funny. A man and son fighting over a girl is quite hilarious, and the fact that the man would cheat on his wife for the girl and that the son resorts to having his slave marry the girl is also hilarious. On top of that the wife finds out and decides to support her son. The other scene is when the two slaves of Lysidamus, Olympio and Chalinus, are fighting over who gets to marry the girl. They swear at each other and brag that Casina will love one over the other more. Overall the story had both engaging and entertaining characters and plot.

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