Abstract
The article focusses on the role of the women characters in Samuel Coster's tragedy ‘Polyxena’ of 1617. I begin by speculating about the different reactions men and women watching this non-patriarchal play may have had at the time. Paying particular attention to the role of the choruses, I argue that, contrary to the views expressed by Jan Konst and Mieke Smits-Veldt, Coster's play should not be read in terms of prevailing ideas about the opposition between reason and passion, but in terms of the recognition afforded by the dramatic action on the stage. Such a reading shows Coster's message as being that uncontrolled power leads to multiple murder.
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