Lysistrata By Aristophanes

The first play I feel that fits best with the critique of patriarchal society, is Lysistrata. I say this because Aristophanes took a time period where men we’re most dominant in the society and mostly was the one fighting in war or, bring back home the money or items needed to survival, but Lysistrata gives you a twist with a different approach that shows women can become dominant in a society if a need is took away from the men. Even if Lysistrata was made to be a comedy it still gives out a messages of exposing the sexual relations that is created between a women and men. Even Lysistrata as the main character is built with characteristics that men will only have at the time such as, very powerful and an amazing speaker to have power to move women. The character breaks the boundaries or the traditional role of a female of the “perfect mold” of the stereotypical woman of the time, staying in the house and being dutiful of the husband and allows the audience to see that women can also …show more content…
The reason I say separation because women are separated inside of the job force all the time or denied from getting the position and even when they obtained the job sometimes the work level won’t be as high as the male position. Also how women are separated from society such as Griselda following the duties of the man. Then moving on to power it shows that Griselda husband take away her children form her and also being forced into marrying, but also you can bring up the power that Pope Joan had and it can feminist ideas of being successful. Then expectations because the play gives out an expectation that women should be certain way like housewife’s or to obey the male, but it also adds a twist with adding some the female inside of the play with men