The Young King: An Analysis Of Pentheus From Euripides’ "the Bakkai"

Pentheus the king of Thebes is characterized by incessant worrying and is consistently preoccupied with his image as king. This attitude causes Pentheus to experience peripeteia when he is murdered by the maenads, and experiences anagnoris when he realizes his fatal mistake. Therefore Pentheus is the classic tragic hero who exhibits the tragic flaw of insecurity.