Bacchism in Chinese Love Stories

"Ren's Story", "Ying-Ying's Story", and "Du Tenth" are Chinese love stories that show the relationship between passionate love and conformation to social norms. These stories show the traditional roles of men and women from the past of China and how love is sometimes blinded by things such as money, control, and the want to be accepted in society. Although from a different time and culture, the moral lessons and themes from these stories can be compared to the Greek story "Bacchae", where a half-man, half-god gives the power to the women of the village to unite and fight against the oppr…