Near the end of one play by this author, a woman predicts that her own son will murder her next, and then try to drown his remorse for that murder by committing fresh atrocities; that play ends with a character weeping at the knees of a statue of Augustus and pledging to become a Vestal Virgin before another character's tutor is killed by a mob. This author wrote a play in which a king invokes Neptune's curse against his own son, who is killed wh
Near the end of one play by this author, a woman predicts that her own son will murder her next, and then try to drown his remorse for that murder by committing fresh atrocities; that play ends with a character weeping at the knees of a statue of Augustus and pledging to become a Vestal Virgin before another character's tutor is killed by a mob. This author wrote a play in which a king invokes Neptune's curse against his own son, who is killed when his chariot is attacked offstage by a sea monster. Love for Junia inspires the emperor Nero to poison the title character of his play Britannicus. The wife of Theseus accuses Hippolytus of raping her after he rejects her incestuous advances in another of his plays. For 10 points, name this French tragedian who wrote Phèdre.
Near the end of one play by this author, a woman predicts that her own son will murder her next, and then try to drown his remorse for that murder by committing fresh atrocities; that play ends with a character weeping at the knees of a statue of Augustus and pledging to become a Vestal Virgin before another character's tutor is killed by a mob.
Jean Baptiste Racine