出版社：Universidad de Aveiro, Departamento de Línguas e Culturas
摘要：The family drama experienced by Theseus, Phaedra and Hyppolytus sheds
some light on human incapacity to control what appears to be man¡¯s most intimate
and absolute characteristic: emotions. In spite of Theseus¡¯s undeniable power, which
is further backed up and made stronger through his contact with the gods (the journey
to Pluto¡¯s kingdom, the fulfilment of his requests by the deities), the events he goes
through at home bring him distress and perplexity. This awareness of power¡¯s inanity
achieves one of its most poignant expressions at the beginning of Act IV in Verdi¡¯s
opera Don Carlos.
关键词：Regret; anguish; perplexity; political status; power inability; emotions.
