PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Leontaridou, Dora
TI  - The image of the tyrant and the vanquished in the theatre of Antoine de Montchrestien
DP  - 2017 Dec 30
TA  - Romanica Olomucensia
PG  - 235--244
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/ro.2017.017
IS  - 18034136
AB  - The plots of the three Montchrestien tragedies - La Carthaginoise ou la liberté, Les Lacènes, and La Reine d'Ecosse - follow the same pattern: the confrontation of a cruel and tyrannical king with the vanquished. Moreover, in all three tragedies the defeated are women, who show remarkable moral qualities and a heroic attitude towards their destiny. On the other hand, the kings are presented as atrocious and cruel. Conceived after the first period of the religious wars, the tragedies dispute monarchical power.