Larry,
I agree with your choice of Lysistrata’s speech to the Magistrate because of her ability to compare housework as not being much different than ending the war. She has a simple plan to fix what is wrong with the city and relates it in a way that shows that the cleansing that the woman do at home is not much different than what would be needed to fix the city’s problems. I would like to point to a different speech that I found to be very convincing as well. Her speech right at the beginning to convince the women to join her cause to stop the war. She starts off by reminding the women of how much they miss their husbands motivating them to do whatever is necessary, “And I would climb the highest Spartan mountain: from there I see where
I agree with your choice of Lysistrata’s speech to the Magistrate because of her ability to compare housework as not being much different than ending the war. She has a simple plan to fix what is wrong with the city and relates it in a way that shows that the cleansing that the woman do at home is not much different than what would be needed to fix the city’s problems. I would like to point to a different speech that I found to be very convincing as well. Her speech right at the beginning to convince the women to join her cause to stop the war. She starts off by reminding the women of how much they miss their husbands motivating them to do whatever is necessary, “And I would climb the highest Spartan mountain: from there I see where