In the play‚ Lysistrata‚ the women of Athens learn of Lysistrata’s plan to withhold sex in an effort to bring her husband back from war. The Athenian women decide to unite and implement Lysistrata’s plan in an effort to regain their own husbands and sons. In Aristophanes’ work he demonstrates his view of women as being cunning and resourceful beings yet at the same time comedic without even trying: The women make meeting to conspire plans‚ the women make themselves luscious to attract the males
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Recently I had the opportunity to attend to a Greek comedy called the lysistrata at Whatcom Community College. The show really connected to similar themes in our curicculum of IDS 161. In the opening scene of Lysistrata‚ it enacts the stereotypical and traditional characterization of women in Greece and also distances Lysistrata from this clichéd‚ housewife character. Lysistrata is not only angered because the women won’t prioritize war and the peace of their country‚ but she is ashamed that the
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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 in heated arguments
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Despite how sublime men tried to act back then during the Peloponnesian War fighting for greed and ambition‚ being withdrawn from their animalistic desires instantly popped off everything they had fought in the past. Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (411 B.C.) ended the Peloponnesian War in his own comedic way with women seducing men to stop the war. The demand for animalistic desires of us‚ humans‚ is emphasized in the play becoming the only method women could use to influence the outcome of war. While
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Medea and Lysistrata are two women who both feel that women in general are ill-fated. They individually attempt to rectify their own misfortunes by seeking their own form of justice. Lysistrata felt that men were only prolonging the war with their pigheadedness. Medea‚ however‚ feels that she has been played dishonorably by Jason‚ causing Medea to wreak vengeance upon Jason in any way she can and anyone within reach is fair game. Both women individually plot and scheme to achieve their desired results
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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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for them. It was unheard of for women to be out in the streets like this period much less at night. The women of Athens formed together to plot against the men to bring them home from the war. As the women were gathering to plan against the men‚ Lysistrata said‚ “I’m on fire right down to the bone. I’m positively ashamed to be a woman—a member of a sex which can’t even live up to male slanders! To hear our husbands talk‚ we’re sly: deceitful‚ always plotting‚ monsters of intrigue...”(728) this quote
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Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is an excellent example of satirical drama in a relatively fantastical comedy. He proceeds to show the absurdity of the Peloponnesian War by staging a battle of the sexes in front of the Acropolis‚ worshipping place of Athena. Tied into all of this is the role of sex and reason and is evident in the development of some characters and the lack of development in others. Although the play is centered on Lysistrata‚ the story is truly propelled by the ideas of sex and reason
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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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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Kimberly Lewis NUR 408 May 7‚ 2012 Theresa White‚ MSN Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood
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