Dionysus, throughout the play speaks in a term that is almost cynical. His tone is mocking and at times sarcastic. Many times in the play, he refers to himself in the third person to heighten the sense of his power that the characters receive in the play, as well as make himself out to be a messenger of Dionysus, not the god himself. He encourages all to let out their true nature. As a god in ancient Greece, he stood for wine and drunkenness

, ecstasy, sexual being, dance, and madness. It is hinted many times throughout the reading that Dionysus has a revenge motive. It is as if he wants to punish the population of Thebes for not taking his true power seriously. When he appeared on Earth, he could have made himself look like an all powerful god, but instead took on the form of a deviant youth and a weakling. He is irrational and one can pick up a sense of his wrath toward the people. Knowing all this, when Dionysus said, "How do live? What are you doing? Who are you? You don't know!" it is easier to define the meaning behind the statement.

Deep philosophical views are expressed in Euripides's play "The Bacchae". The speeches and certain points in the plot help illustrate the themes, as well as the moral. The statement "How do you live? What are you doing? Who are you? You don't know!" helps in the comprehension of the deeper philosophical views in this play that are not present other Greek tragedies.

There is, however a deeper philosophical meaning to this statement. Pentheus at the beginning of the play

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