Throughout my many years as a Thespian, I have seen many so-called drama queens, myself included. Now, I have found the perfect standard for them all, our dearest Apollo.
There are few scenes as dramatic as Apollo dragging an arrow across the face of a Fury. He literally threatens to release an arrow into the Furies if they do not leave the prophet's chamber. He then, almost admirably so, accepts some amount of responsibility for Orestes killing his mother. However, this is also done with a dramatic flair, entering suddenly and announcing his purpose. He later explains the death of Orestse's father in a fairly lengthy paragraph, making everything significantly more dramatic.
He continuously insults and rages at the Furies, which just sounds like a bad idea in general. He tells them that they are "grotesque, loathsome - the gods detest you!" (Aeschylus 260) He then continues by ranting about how the father is the source of life, not the woman who grows the child. Which is just incredible misogynistic of him, but that's a rant for another day. The sheer boldness of Apollo to stand in front of the Furies and insult them is incredible. He never shies away from a dramatic moment.
ps I commented on Clabo and Caroline's posts
I agree. He's basically a child who has been given power.
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