The Symposium by Plato is set after a heavy day of drinking, where the men are still recovering from their hangovers, in which they all decide to go easy on this night and to tell stories instead. Aristophanes, the comic playwright gives a speech in which he talks about a myth of soulmates. People were once doubled in every way and out of punishment for rebelling were cut in half. These people then spent their lives trying to find their other halves and the gods gave them the ability to have sexual intercourse so that they could be together. This is how we have soulmates. In this speech I find it interesting how Aristophanes encourages relationships between two males because it is a sign of boldness and masculinity, yet in today’s society
