Melodramatic elements in Seneca’s Phaedra By Seneca
Seneca is renowned Roman tragedian. In writing tragedies Seneca followed Greek play writers. He borrowed the plots of his plays from the play of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Most of Seneca’s tragedies are based on Greek legends and myths. The employment of sensational themes drawn from Greek mythology, involving such unnatural crimes as rape, adultery, …. Read More