Jann's presentation was probably the most controversial one of the semester, in which she drew a parallel between The Bacchae of Euripides and the Virginia Tech massacre of Seung-Hui Cho.
Although Cho's motives were much more obscured and nonsensical than those of Dionysus, both individuals were responsible for death and misery, and both left their victims with a last cutting monologue.
These speeches are quite alike in content, possibly because Cho had read The Bacchae during his english studies. Both speeches further condemn the victims by stating that there were numerous ways to have averted the disaster, and that they ignored the truth and their opportunities and so brought the calamity upon themselves.
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