Plautus’ Menaechmi and Miles Gloriosus.

Read the two assigned plays for this Module – Plautus’ Menaechmi and Miles Gloriosus.

Think about each of the characters in the two plays and how they fit into the various types of stock characters used in Roman comedy. Review comedic stock types here http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Ancient_Roman_comedy and here http://faculty.vassar.edu/jolott/old_courses/republic1998/plautus/stockcharacters.html.

Identify each of the characters in both of Plautus plays and identify which stock character profile each falls into and why.

You must use specific reference to your assigned readings by author & page number – for example “Plautus, Menaechmi p. 14.”

• Roman Comedy (Plautus). Website.
• https://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/141plautus.htm
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• Plautus, The Menaechmi or The Brothers Menaechmus. PDF here. https://umb.umassonline.net/bbcswebdav/pid-2424935-dt-content-rid-5112466_1/courses/B2710-7560/Plautus%27%20Menaechmi.pdf
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• Plautus, Miles Gloriosus or The Braggart Soldier. PDF here. https://umb.umassonline.net/bbcswebdav/pid-2424935-dt-content-rid-5112467_1/courses/B2710-7560/Plautus%27%20Miles%20Gloriosus.pdf