The two types of Greek plays that have survived from when they were .
usually commences with conflicts and concludes with harmony. The .
protagonist is usually a person who is an average member of society and is .
looking to benefit the whole community. Greek tragedy usually begins with .
harmony and concludes with conflict. The protagonist in such plays is usually .
someone with supreme power over the community and one who is trying to gain .
a personal benefit and rise above all others This person may usually be .
characterized by a certain flaw that eventually leads to their ultimate fate.
The two Greek plays of Lysistrata a comedy and Antigone a tragedy are .
similar yet different in terms of their definition of a hero or, in this case, a .
heroine. Each heroine executes her plans with an entirely different method for .
a distinct purpose and most importantly each hero has a dissimilar conclusion to .
their fate; both heroines show a common pride in achieving their goals. However .
in this paper I will show the similarities and differences between the .
two protagonists, Lysistrata and Antigone in their corresponding plays. .
In Aristophane's play Lysistrata the protagonist had a principle plan in .
mind and was not going to let anything stop her from achieving peace between .
the men of Athens and the men of Sparta. Lysistrata needed to have all of the .
woman working collectively to achieve her goal. Lysistrata knew the male .
slanders about the women being -sly: deceitful, always plotting, monsters of .
intrigue."" (16). In her mind, Lysistrata was ashamed of the women because of .
their indolence and negligence. She understood that she would have to work .
hard to get the women together to stop their husbands and sons from fighting a .
wasteful war. Lysistrata gathered all of the women from Athens and Sparta and .
voiced her plan -Total Abstinence from SEX- (25). The women were shocked by .
such a notion, but Lysistrata knew this is what had to be done, sacrifice was .
Knowing their physical limitations, the women decide on a plan of attack that is lead by Lysistrata. Lysistrata is the mastermind and director of the action in Lysistrata. ... Lysistrata proved to be an influential leader to the women. ... Lysistrata is very different from her female counterparts. ... The Chorus in Lysistrata is split into two, the Chorus of Men and the Chorus of Women. ...
Knowing their physical limitations, the women decide on a plan of attack that is lead by Lysistrata. Lysistrata is the mastermind and director of the action in Lysistrata. ... Lysistrata proved to be an influential leader to the women. ... Lysistrata is very different from her female counterparts. ... The Chorus in Lysistrata is split into two, the Chorus of Men and the Chorus of Women. ...
Lysistrata Lysistrata is a play written in 411 BC by Aristophanes, who was a satirist. ... Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. ... In Lysistrata, Lysistrata defies the system of the oikos as represented as sex and attacks the privilege of war. ... Therefore, Lysistrata is defined as a woman who enters the world of the man and conquers it. ... Lysistrata is a reactionary, she wishes to preserve the way things were. ...
After reading Lysistrata, it is very obvious that it is a "Brillo pad comedy" aimed at reforming Greek society. ... It is Lysistrata who is the only one with any resolution and she is summoned by the chorus with the words, "All hail, O manliest woman of all!" ... Aristophanes was using the women and using the dialog of Lysistrata to get his point across. ... Lysistrata's speeches such as the one from line 650 to 670 give Aristophanes" specific instructions to the Greek leaders. ... Perhaps even more enlightening are Lysistrata's words regarding Greeks and Spartans on lines 1267-12...
This form was used in the play, Lysistrata, to illustrate this point. ... Lysistrata taking this role as a commander is not characteristic of women during this era. ... The story of Lysistrata contains other elements of comedy other than the pessimistic view. ... The reader gets to understand that Lysistrata is powerful, intelligent, and dedicated but never a reality of why Lysistrata is that way? ... The story of Lysistrata is an excellent example of Greek comedy for the reasons listed. ...
Lysistrata Aristophanes was a comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. ... Lysistrata was schooled in the traditional fashion, by learning from older men. ... Like the heroines of tragedy, Lysistrata wants to put things back to the way they were. ... His catalyst was Lysistrata, feminist champion over war through peace. ... In the opening scenes of the play Lysistrata says "I'm furious with women and womankind. ...
In the play Antigone the heroin plays her part in the general idea of the woman which is to stand by their families for example when Antigone buries her brother in order to save his honor. While Antigone's sister also plays another part of the general idea of the woman, where she plays the more subordinate to the orders of the men in specific Creon (Classic Notes: Antigone Short Summary). ... This all starts at the beginning of the play where Antigone and her sister Ismene secretly meet outside of the city gates to discuss Antigone's defiance of Creon's edict in his refusal t...
Written during the war, a time of chaos and crisis in Greece, Aristophanes" play Lysistrata was an attempt to lighten the atmosphere of the country, and provide humor for the people. ... In the opening scene, when Lysistrata is explaining her plan to the other women, Aristophanes shows the way females use their femininity and sexuality to gain power. They are going to "sit around all prettied up in flowers and scandalous saffron-yellow gowns, groomed- I do not think that Lysistrata was, in any way, a threat to the hierarchy of the government because at that time, females were looked upon...
