Pentheus And Dionyymus Power

Power can either be sourced from the self or the other, Dionysus is powerful from himself while Pentheus draws his power from others. Much of what makes Pentheus powerful is his own people. His people serve him, but vice versa is also true, a king must serve his people in order to rule. We can see the power leave Pentheus as half of his citizens leave him, as he ventures alone into the wilderness were the Bacchant reside, as he confronts a god and an elder. The reason to his fall is his abandonment of his culture and their values, that is the parable of, The Baccae, Euripides’ tragedy. Pentheus only has gained power through society and when he turned his back on its values is when his downfall began. The largest difference between the power of Pentheus and that of Dionysus, is that Pentheus claims to have all of it, while Dionysus claims to have none. In this juxtaposition the bystanders only see that Pentheus is being punished by the gods and not the man right next to him. This chasm in the perception allows Dionysus to freely act behind the scenes with his true power while from everyone else’s view he is simply a traveler from the east spreading ideas.
Dionysus: Sir, is it possible to set this matter