In this essay I will discuss a few of the qualities and shortcomings of both characters, then state my personal opinion. To start, I will first discuss the leadership qualities of Lysistrata. Lysistrata's leadership qualities first emerge at the very beginning of the play. ... Lysistrata's consistency in the play is also a major part of her leadership abilities. ... Lysistrata is the one who "strongly urges" Myrrhine to seduce her husband. ...

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Lysistrata is a woman with an extraordinary mission of ending the Peloponnesian War. ... Lysistrata convinces the women, and in agreement they seize the Akropolis, site of Athena's temple. What I enjoyed about this playwright overall is the main character Lysistrata herself. ... I do have to say that my initial reaction to Lysistrata is a somewhat confused one. ... As women were looked at as housewives, home-makes and sexual objects, Aristophanes creates a main character that breaks down those negative connotations towards women. ...

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A male character from Xenophon expresses that he taught his wide how to manage the household because: "What could she have known when I married her, since she wasn't fifteen years old when she came to me" (Scaife). ... Again from Xenophon, a male character explains gender roles: the wife is to stay indoors and nurse infants and make cloth, prepare food, supervise the indoor workers, budget household income and expenditures, see that ill slaves are tended, servants are trained (Scaife). A female character in Aristophanes' play, Lysistrata, by the name of Calonice once said,...

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