Lysistrata

Aristophanes’ Lysistrata remains a potent commentary on the role of women in politics. Former Democratic Presidential candidate Lincoln Chaffee, announcing his withdrawal from the nominating race, referenced Lysistrata. “In that play, a group of women, fed up with the war mongering of their husbands, agree to withhold their favors until peace returns. And it worked! …women are more likely to be collaborative and team oriented. It is undeniable the benefits women provide to the pursuit of peace.”…

Lysistrata, a play written by Aristophanes in 410 BC is a comedic battle of the sexes as the women of Athens decide to take it upon themselves to end the Peloponnesian War. Lead by the titular character Lysistrata, women from both sides of the war agree to abstain from having sexual relations with their husbands to have the men cease fighting. In the end men from both sides, in obvious and extreme sexual frustration, agree to end the war and return home with their wives. Although Lysistrata is a…

In ancient Greece, the ideal of comedy was mainly formed from the idea of "this couldn't happen." This form was used in the play, "Lysistrata", to illustrate this point. Such ideas were the sexual content, women as leaders, and a female controlled society. As mentioned above, the ancient Greeks see the impossible as comedic and as a result, the abovementioned elements of the play to be comedic too, because in that time those ideas were unimaginable. As a comparison, here and now, we may not…

Sex and politics is the main topic in the anti-war comedy, The Lysistrata, written by “The father of comedy,” Aristophanes, which first staged in 411 BCE. One may argue that this play is based on feminism, and although it may seem that way, women are actually victims of prejudice who play under the role of using their sexuality to get what they want. Thus, this play accounts of one woman’s mission, Lysistrata, to end the Peloponnesian war by convincing all the women of Greece to stop engaging in…

The play begins with Lysistrata waiting for the women of Athens, Sparta, and other cities to meet with her in order to come up with a plan on how to end the war going on in their countries. At the meeting, Lysistrata proposes that all of the women should refuse to have sex with their husband until the war comes to an end. Lysistrata explains that she has also already sent some of the best, toughest women to take control of the Akropolis of Athens in order to take control of the money supply in…

surrounded the material of this course thus far. The one I will be focusing on throughout the course of this paper is concerning incongruity. The disruption of what we, the audience, are used to seeing with our characters, action, and even language. Lysistrata, originally written by Greek playwright Aristophanes, and translated into English by Donald Sutherland is comedy that relies almost entirely on incongruity to ensure laughs from its audience. Part of the laughs comes from the effectiveness…

Led by Lysistrata she convinces the Women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands in an attempt to force them to negotiate policy and peace. Lysistrata was conceived and written during the middle of Aristophanes career as he was beginning to add new elements to his take on Old Comedy. For example Lysistrata has a double chorus, which is reflective of the plots divide – men versus women – that later…

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…

Haemon's scene of refusal in The Burial at Thebes shows this dedication, while the women's refusal against the rebellion organized by Lysistrata in the play Lysistrata does not show this dedication. Therefore, Haemon is a stronger figure of refusal than the women in Lysistrata. The primary reason that Haemon is a stronger figure of refusal than the women in Lysistrata is that he is the only one willing to stand up against Creon. During his scene of refusal, Haemon tells Creon, "I hear…

The Comedic Nature of Lysistrata On the year 411 BC, Aristophanes wrote the comedic play Lysistrata, the first anti-war play in the world. Comedy takes various forms, and the purpose of this essay is to analyze the comedic elements used in Lysistrata to determine whether it is a farce or a satire. Why is this important? Michael Moses, the president of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics said: “The key to adjusting the relative strengths and weakness of a particular work was for the…