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We must always sympathize and/or identify with the tragic hero/heroine to some extent. What devices does Racine employ to maintain our sympathy for Phaedra? How do we feel about her at the time of her death? What devices does Ibsen use to elic ....

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... chose death rather than to disclose her secret to anyone. When confronted by Oenone, she relates her tale in a manner which convincing enough to interpret it as a curse, as she does so with shame and confusion. She even goes to an extent to call herself a monster. If one looks at the entire text of the verse, one does tend to notice that throughout the play she has not slandered or even made any accusations at or to anyone but has always implies so. Oenone has always been the scapegoat, she lied to Theseus about Phaedra's and Hippolytus's encounter. Phaedra acquiesced to entire idea as she was in a weak state of mind and was distressed. In ...