In the play Lysistrata by the dramatist Aristophanes‚ war is created by the women of Athens therefore proving Margaret Mead essay ’"’Warfare is only an invention-not a biological necessity’"’. Lysistrata is based around women practicing abstinence until the men come home from war. War is a state of open‚ armed‚ often prolonged conflict carried on between nations‚ states‚ or parties. In Meade"’"s essay war is considered to be invented not biological. War is not a natural occurrence; it is a discovery
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the theme of restraint and agency in lysistrata Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a play full of possibilities and contradictions. It is marked by the fact that the title of the play spells out the lead character of the play‚ a female. Furthermore‚ it portrays the women of Athens as teaming up with the women of Sparta to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War. This was fantastical‚ of course in the Athens of 411 BC. The women didn’t have a vote. They had no say in the matters of the state
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and analysing their features and characteristics within them. I will be analysing ‘Beautiful Burnout’ performed by Frantic Assembly‚ ‘Lysistrata‚ or Loose Strife’ by David Stuttard‚ and ‘Twelfth Night‚ Or What You Will’ by William Shakespeare. Within these plays I will be looking at the style of writing it is‚ (eg – formal‚ informal‚ old English)‚ the genre (eg – comedy‚ tragedy) and the themes. In the play ‘Beautiful Burnout’ is written in verses‚ like a poem. It doesn’t follow a pattern and doesn’t
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Year 12 Literature Text: Lysistrata Aristophanes The Play Lysistrata was produced early in 411 BC. It is the third and last of Aristophanes’ ‘peace plays’. It is a dream about peace‚ conceived at a time when Athens was going through the most desperate crisis she had known since the Persian War. All that most Athenians could see was that the war was going on as usual and there seemed to be no way out of it other than the unthinkable option of capitulation. But comedy specializes in doing the impossible
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To what extent do you agree that in ’School for Scandal’ "The heroines of comedy are not necessarily heartless even though they are clear sighted" The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This play insults the virtues and customs of upper classes brought out through an ingenious exchange of ideas and a entangled plot with comic situations that are utilized to personify the characters in the 17th century. Lady Sneerwell plots to separate Charles and Maria for the reason that
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Comedies were performed in the Great Dionysia just like tragedies; also comedies were entered in contests in other festival‚ known as the Lesser Dionysia‚ and it was celebrated in the winter. Comedies combined poetry with coarse language. For example they featured buffoonery‚ slapstick‚ obscenity‚ and horseplay. The comedy actors dressed in weird costumes that had paddled bellies or rumps for outrageous effects. “The comic playwrights made their own plots and they focused on important matters
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forms of comedy‚ satire‚ comedy of character‚ farce‚ and parody. In the history of theater‚ Comedy took place as an opposite of tragedy. The Greeks invented and employed comedy to give their audience a more positive ending after the series of tragedies played previously on the same play-day. Therefore‚ the audience left the theatre in a better mood. The comedy’s purpose was to make audience lough as they watch the main character’s‚ protagonist‚ imprudence. Just as in modern day’s comedy‚ found their
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similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies Shakespeare wrote. These two plays have many things in common where as Measure
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they can also watch a comedy stage. But the writer thinks people will tend to choose to watch the stage of comedy on a television‚ because they can laugh and forget about thier fatigue easily without going anywhere. In modern era the fulfilment of a comedy spectacle will be very easy‚ because television makes us closer to anything. Nowadays we can get various types of comedy shows in Indonesian television; there are ketoprak‚ lenong‚ opera comedy‚ ludruk‚ musical comedy‚ comedy reality show‚ etc.
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Sex-strikes have been used in history to prevent and end wars since the early 1600s‚ but first written about in the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes in 411 B.C. The main premise of Lysistrata has had a lasting effect politically on the way that certain events have been improved and averted. The way that the women were written by Aristophanes was advanced for the time period that the play had taken place. Having the experience of a play differs drastically than reading it to yourself‚ quietly in your
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