1. What do you make of Phaedra? Why does she do what she does?
2. How are we to judge Hippolytus?
3. What does the play suggest about the way gods treat humans and the way humans should treat the gods?
4. What role does the chorus play? Do they contribute to the plot through their actions? How do their songs relate to the themes of the play?
5. Why does the play begin with Aphrodite and end with Artemis?
6. Are the mortals in this play merely puppets of the goddesses, or are they responsible for their actions?
7. What does the nurse contribute to the play?
8. Why is Theseus so quick to believe Phaedra's note against the protestations of his son?
9. What does the play seem to say about sex and love?