The Saturnalian Pattern, Release to Clarification

The Saturnalian pattern is all about going through release to clarification. Release according to Barbara means the whole play, the comedy, is like the experience of a revel. The holiday happens to us, we do not choose the holiday, it happens to us and that's what festivities are all about. You leave theatre with heightened appreciation of specific part of nature being celebrated. These plays mock the unnatural, they also poke fun at the natural, the forest life, the life of animals and plants too but they mock the unnatural. comedies are all about fleeing the city,. maybe you're banished, maybe you're exiled, maybe you need to flee to get away from some overbearing parents or rulers,