necessary for a better outcome.
In Sophocles play Antigone, the protagonist had a main objective to .
bury her brother Polynices. Polynices was denied a proper burial by king Creon. .
The whole city-state knew -The body of Polynices, who died miserably- why a .
city-wide proclamation, rumor has it, forbids anyone to bury him, even mourn .
him. He's to be left unwept, unburied."" (60,32-34). Antigone was willing to be .
independent and risk everything to accomplish her goal. She knew that she must .
honor her slain brother and was prepared to go against the king because the law .
-Has no right to keep me from my own."" (61 58-59). Antigone was very valiant in .
her dialogues to her sister Ismene when she stated -I will bury him myself. And .
even if I die in the act, that death will be glory. I will lie with the one I love and .
loved by him-- (63 85-87). Antigone remained loyal to her plan because of her .
strong will and bravery even though captured by the King. She did not deny her .
actions as she proved so by saying -I did it. I don't deny a thing."" (81 492). .
Antigone believed that her actions she were fair in the eyes of her family and in .
the eyes of the gods. .
Despite the different approaches to their goals, both heroines boldly .
accomplished what they set out to do. Both heroines took colossal risks to .
succeed. Both Lysistrata and Antigone had to conquer not only their own group .
of females but also an even more challenging task of surmounting the males. .
Lysistrata banished all concern of men. She got the women to work together .
and have men walking around filthy, famished, and with erections. The women .
understood the ingredients to success, they knew their -way to salvation in just .
such ornamentation- in slippers and slips, rouge and perfumes, negligees and .
décolletage."" (19). Lysistrata ran into several obstacles. First having to .
convince to women to attempt the plan, with the assistance of wine, but also .
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...
