# Scene V explained — Plays

> Chapter companion for Plays by Roswitha of Gandersheim.

## What happens

Dulcitius, befouled by kitchen pots, is mistaken for a devil by his soldiers, who flee in terror. He resolves to report the insult to the palace.

## Themes in this chapter

### Divine Intervention and Miracles

Dulcitius is supernaturally befouled, causing his soldiers to mistake him for a devil.

## Character check-ins

### Dulcitius

Befouled and mistaken for a devil by his soldiers; plans to complain at the palace.

## Key lines

> What’s this? Either one possessed by the devil, or the devil himself. Let’s be off!

The soldiers exclaim that the figure before them is either demon-possessed or a demon, and they flee.

_The soldiers mistake Dulcitius for a devil due to his sooty appearance._

> I will hasten to the palace. I will tell the whole court how I have been insulted.

Dulcitius decides to go to the palace and report the humiliation he has suffered.

_Dulcitius seeks to complain about his mistreatment._

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