The Drama of the Double pp 47-58 | Cite as
Narcissus and Dionysus: The Bacchae and The Crying Game
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CHAPTER 2 focused on how the myth of Narcissus and the psychological condition of narcissism work in a novel and two plays in ways that help one to understand their use of doubling. But as promised in the Introduction, the myths under consideration often overlap as they inform works of literature that involve doubling. In this chapter, I will consider the way the myth of Dionysus overlaps with the Myth of Narcissus to reveal the nature of the doubling in an ancient Greek play and a contemporary film.
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