Navodh Perera
Dr. Wayne Gay
English 2303-005
1/26/2016
Response No 1 (Aristophanes’ Oration from the Symposium of Plato)
In the beginning of the speech Aristophanes begins to explain of man’s ignorance of the power of love. Since, as humans we believe that miracles or things that cannot be explained is done by a “higher power” or anything tragic is caused by smite of gods. Aristophanes begins to make fun of this by saying, “they would surely have built noble temples and altars, and offered solemn sacrifices in loves honor”. He then concludes his speech of love with a fantastic tale of the origin of lovers. A tale of the sexes on their journey to find their other “half”. Aristophanes explains, how the sexes as whole was a mighty being; a being
Dr. Wayne Gay
English 2303-005
1/26/2016
Response No 1 (Aristophanes’ Oration from the Symposium of Plato)
In the beginning of the speech Aristophanes begins to explain of man’s ignorance of the power of love. Since, as humans we believe that miracles or things that cannot be explained is done by a “higher power” or anything tragic is caused by smite of gods. Aristophanes begins to make fun of this by saying, “they would surely have built noble temples and altars, and offered solemn sacrifices in loves honor”. He then concludes his speech of love with a fantastic tale of the origin of lovers. A tale of the sexes on their journey to find their other “half”. Aristophanes explains, how the sexes as whole was a mighty being; a being