The Lysistrata of Aristophanes Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen ’s warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years‚ while Athens was engaged in war‚ he relentlessly and wittliy attacked the war‚ the ideals of the war‚ the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes
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C/LT 320I: Notes on Greek Comedy and Lysistrata Waters/Fall 2011 this play acts as prophecy- war will destroy Pretext for Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (411 BCE) Homeric Epics- the bible for the greeks‚ the Iliad (more concerned with the war-translates as a catastrophe) and the odyssey‚ everybody looses type of thing‚ 1200bce‚ trojan war didn’t happen‚ 1870 AD‚ Phallic Rituals- create something tall and worship it‚ masculine virility‚ ritual celebration‚ center of orgies and animal sacrifice‚
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There is a conflict‚ however‚ between Dante’s philosophy and Pico’s philosophy. In Dante’s The Divine Comedy‚ each soul sought to achieve Heaven‚ and those in Heaven were in bliss no matter where they were in Heaven. Even the souls that were further away from God in Heaven did not want to be higher up because they completely accepted the role of God in deciding where they would end up. One soul that Dante talked to in this circle of Heaven said‚ "We thirst for this alone. If we desired to be higher
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Lysistrata is a comedy written by Aristophanes revolves around a central main character‚ Lysistrata‚ an ordinary‚ everyday woman leading a group of women to protest against a highly anticipated Peloponnesian war by refusing sexual contact with their partners. Although it was highly implausible‚ especially considering the period of time in which the play was based on‚ the group of women were successful in ending the war. The play suggests that Lysistrata wanted the war to end so that the husbands
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Aristophanes work Lysistrata‚ women are trying to stop the peloponnesian war by withholding sexual acts from the men. In the work‚ Lysistrata is willing to take drastic actions to stop the war. As the plot goes on‚ Lysistrata character becomes a very noticeable occurrence. Character is revealed through action the characters do. Lysistrata’s character is decisive‚ passionate‚ and intelligent. Lysistrata is decisive‚ she achieves the definite result she wants. Once Lysistrata has an idea of how
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Shakespeare clearly signals throughout act 1 that this play is a comedy. To what extent do you agree? I do agree in some ways that this play can be perceived as a comedy the plot of the play has two classic Shakespearean ways that this is classed as a comedy these being nobody dies in the play and the other one being there are marriages. Also another way we can tell that this is a comedy: the play is funny. I can understand how some people may perceive it as being a romance because the play
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSLATING HUMOUR FROM ENGLISH INTO SPANISH USING THE SUBTITLED BRITISH COMEDY SKETCH SHOW LITTLE BRITAIN AS A CASE STUDY? Charles Harrison BA (Honours) Applied Languages University of Portsmouth School of Languages and Area Studies Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences March 2012 Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………...1 Introduction………………………………………………………………2 Chapter 1: Humour and Subtitling……………………………………...4
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Comparing the Spatial Images and Multiple Perspectives in Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy In Paradise Lost‚ John Milton reinterpreted the first three chapter of Genesis‚ describing the rebellion of Satan‚ the creation of humankind and the downfall of the human ancestor whose descendants await for the salvation of God’ son. The theme of the poem was made clear in Book I‚ “I may assert eternal providence‚/And justify the ways of God to men.” (I.25-6). Though the entire poem is filled with
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drama is that comedies end happily‚ while tragedies do not. To what extent is the ending of Twelfth Night a happy one? Twelfth Night Or What You Will is renowned for being one of Shakespeare’s finest achievements in comedy. The basis of a comedy lies in its characters and plot‚ both of which merge together in a formula to produce an end resolution that can be interpreted as happy‚ and also‚ specifically in the case of Twelfth Night‚ festive. The construction of a comedy usually entails
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Kaan Fenercioğlu 19/10/2012 ASL/5 Unity In the play Lysistrata‚ we address a problem in Greek life‚ and the problem is the continuous wars that men have to attend. The men leave their families behind and go to war and that upsets women. Lysistrata offers a solution and although it seems absurd‚ the plan of hers works. But‚ the plan works because of the power they collect. All the women in town help her plan that is the main reason that her plan succeeds. The unificiation of the forces created
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