World Lit. 21 June 2012 Parody in Lysistrata Aristophanes was a comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. during the Peloponnesian War. In his play “ Lysistrata” he uses parody as a literary manner to build on wit and humor with a little critical attitude to direct human institutions and humanity. At first glance‚ the play seems to be no more than a comical story‚ but it was not written just for entertainment‚ but to also make a stand against warfare. This play is a good example of how women accomplish
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Alex Hummel World Civilization 1 Lysistrata When Aristophanes wrote Lysistrata he gave a new perspective on the role women played in Greece. He empowered women during a time when women had very little say in society. Of course strictly fictional‚ Aristophanes writes about how women could end the Peloponnesian war. After years of war‚ Lysistrata comes up with a plan to bring peace. Through her knowledge and wit she rallies the women from Greece to deploy her plan. Lysistrata stays calm
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Euripides and Aristophanes‚ two authors who attempted to write about the female experience in Greek society. Euripides was a Greek dramatist who wrote his play Medea‚ from the perspective of a woman who is miserable in her subordinate role in life. While Aristophanes was an Athenian comic playwright‚ who wrote Lysistrata‚ from his own perspective of the women’s revolt during the Peloponnesian War. Both authors paint an interesting picture of how women were viewed during this time‚ with many similarities
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of comedy does not affect the ability of it to teach. Although the techniques by which an old comedy and a new comedy might do this can differ‚ the effectiveness generally stays the same. For example‚ when you take the two comedies Lysistrata by Aristophanes and Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore‚ you see that they both share the common goal of spreading antiwar sentiment while using different tactics. This is not to say that they don’t also use similar tactics‚ because they do. But being that Lysistrata
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| "Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny?" | | By: David Zakheim 12/21/2011 | David Zakheim Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny? “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it” (White). One shouldn’t question comedy and what is funny to people. As soon as that happens all of the funniness disappears. There is no easy answer to why people laugh at things‚ and why things
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called Dionysia. These were performed on different days to tragedies. Greek comedies would be zany and would mock both political and philosophical ideas. Aristophanes a prolific writer of comedy during the 4th and 5th century BC he is first and foremost a political writer; a satirist most commonly known for mocking the politicians of the time. Aristophanes says‚ “comedy is written for inferior (normal) people by inferior (normal) people. Comedy features no real pain unlike tragedy. We enjoy laughing at
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opinion of “The Knights”? The knights is a scathing attack on Athenian society. Aristophanes makes the play this way through the constant attacks on the Pathlagonian‚ the many negative comments on the people and how he uses comedic techniques to attack Athenian society. Although the play is a heavy attack on Athenian society‚ Aristophanes does also include comedic value in some of his attacks. Aristophanes uses hyperbole in the play as a way to emphasize the seriousness of the political issues
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