Question

Which of these plot elements are characteristic of Seneca’s plays? Select all that apply.

prophetic dreams
murder
love triangles
revenge

Answer 1

The correct answers are A) prophetic dreams, B) murder, and D) revenge.

The plot elements that are characteristic of Seneca’s plays are prophetic dreams, murder, and revenge.

Lucius Seneca (4 BC-66 AD) was a Roman writer and philosopher. His most famous literary work are tragedies. His stories contain drama, murder, revenge. prophetic dreams, grief, and anger. He thought that uncontrolled human passions derived in madness and self-destruction, considering faith as an oppressive force of life.

Answer 2

The best answers that can be taken from the choices above to describe the plot elements of Seneca's plays would be that it contains revenge (the main character is controlled by a particular motive which would lead them to revenge) though violence is also a characteristic of Seneca's plays, it does not necessarily point out to murder straight away.

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