... being a wife to her husband but, to act as a slave would; according to the Greek philosopher, "she will serve him more assiduously than if she had been a slave bought and taken home" (Aristotle). In fact, Aristotle sometimes spoke of women in relation to slaves, as if they were in the same category: "...no distinction is made between ... women and slaves because there is no natural ruler among them" (Aristotle 4). The inequality shown towards women was expressed through the speeches and words of philosophers, but as well through theatrical performances. In the many Greek tragedies, wome...

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... either has a son to take care of her, or a husband to take care of her. It was hard for women back then and they never got the chance to even if hold power even if they were better then their spouse or son. Aristotle, the Politics, shows a lot in women and how their role was back then, especially when it came to government, the household ... , and life in general. It was hard for women when their husband was ill or died and they always tried to have a male offspring so that someday the might be ... able to protect their mothers if they had to. Aristotle was not one who believed that wom...

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... the time were considered to be a lower class of society, and gives them a leader (Lysistrata) who will end a war by withholding sex. The idea of women ending the war is a disgraceful concept related to the time (as was mentioned above) this play took place, hence alluding to the comedic structure suggested by Aristotle. This whole scheme produces a comedic plot by which the theme ... forever. At the beginning of the play it seems as though Aristophanes portrays Lysistrata's motive as a commendable one, i.e. to stop the war and the killing. "And here I've called a meeting to discuss a ve...

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... , men identify themselves as subject and women are object. But how can we say that women are "Others"? Can we distinguish them as "Not men" in the definition? Women's "situations"(and this is the key existentialist term) are: a married woman, a mother, the so-called social life, prostitutes, ageing and the notion of character. It is common knowledge that Aristotle, Kant, Hegel and many others wrote unfavorably or simply ... not in conflict but they are in relationship. We can say men not equal to not-women; or there is no existence of subject and object between men and women because ever...

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... believed that God had created women for this purpose and he also believed that since God had created the woman and had imposed on her the nourishment of the infants, he meted out to her a larger portion of affection for new-born babes than to the man." A woman in ancient Greek society had to produce children. Xenophon, Aristotle, and other great minds of the time ... thought "men and women are, by nature, provided with opposite faculties, which nevertheless provide for the "partnership" of the household. Men, for example, are naturally adapted for movement, while ... jobs they assumed ...

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... and mothered boys for the callous Greek. In Medea's time, especially in Greece, women were expected to be solely maternal figures capable of little strength or rational cerebration; they were basically passive, reactive servants to their husbands. Common perception of women was that they were, as Aristotle put it, no better than slaves. Through Euripides's play, however, Medea proves to be the purest antithesis ... of these qualities. She does not accept Jason's actions submissively; she resolves to exact revenge. Grecian society isolates Medea for two simple reasons: she is a woman exh...

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... ). She basically says that things will be better if women are seen as equals, the truth will prevail. Women also want the power to define themselves and not be defined by man. To support her cause, or the reasons that pushed her to write this piece and participate in a feminist movement, were claims made by Aristotle like "the female is a female by virtue of a certain ... afflicted with a natural defectiveness"(304). Also statements made by St. Thomas that the woman is ""an imperfect man" [and] an "incidental" being"(304), and others like Michelet who believes that man is independent of ...

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... will serve him more assiduously than if she had been a slave bought and taken home. For he has indeed bought her with a great price "with partnership in his life and in the procreation of children -4 This view was written by a famous Philosopher Aristotle in 330 BCE. It carries the notion that a woman should be ... chance to try the slipper on. Honestly, how desperate does that show females wanting to marry? It's important to analyse what is being taught to children and find a better, non-sexist way to teach them what being a woman really is about. To teach our society there are no soci...

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... status as the political assembly. This would therefore give the audiences watching Athenian plays a sense of identity to their everyday lives. The situations and activities the Bema would deal with would then be performed to the public in the theatre. The role of the theatre as a social ... institution became closely linked to the discussions and events that appeared in the Bema, so both building were used to inform and educate the people of Athens. This according to Aristotle was the main goal of the theatre, to create happiness to the audience while educating ... it - "Learning is a v...

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