Aristophanes wrote Lysistrata to entertain and amuse audiences. Lysistrata takes place in Athens during the prolonged Peloponnesian War between Spartan and Athenian warriors. The play was mainly concerned with the idiocy of a war fought among natural allies. In other words, the war between Athens and Sparta was an exercise in stupidity; a senseless waste of people and resources. Although the play is superficially a demonstration of low and high comic dimensions, it also considers profound philosophical
for power triggered the oppression of women and people demende inferior for centuries. In this essay I will be explaining how gender roles functioned in Greek society as well as comparing gender roles in Greek society to gender roles in different societies in history. As society made the transition from a hunter-gatherer based culture to that of a farming culture gender roles also changed. Because of men’s physical advantage in battle and hunter they became the primary hunters while the women gathered
certain themes or ideas. However many of his plays differ as well. Some of his famous plays are known as Lysistrata and The Clouds. Aristophanes Lysistrata focuses on a woman’s mission to end the Peloponnesian War and restore peace to the city. Clouds focus focuses on a new style of learning led by Socrates. In both Aristophanes comedies Lysistrata and The Clouds, role reversal plays an important role in the way we view the characters and in ways society views people. Although there is a similarity in
Lysistrata Lysistrata by Aristophanes makes a mockery of gender inequality. Aristophanes illustrates that while the men were away at war they ran the city as well as their homes. The women took over the jobs of the men while also completing their own tasks. The men took no notice of this, however, and the women where still not allowed to have a voice, an opinion when the men were present. The only control a woman has over a man is her body, and even that isn’t actually theirs to control completely
Gender role is defined by many as the set of social and behavioral norms that are widely believed to be socially appropriate for the mortals of the specific gender. Although this definition encompasses a great deal of most people believe today, it offers a hidden meaning that only when we look deeper we can begin to analyze it. In our democratic land of opportunity, women are still making 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, although the numbers vary depending on the sources from which these data
period in Greece were completely secluded from the world; unable to step outside of the domestic life they lead in their homes. The Classical period in Ancient Greece, particularly Athens during the 4th and 5th centuries BCE, was immensely marked by gender segregation, as men were affiliated with the public sphere while the domestic sphere was associated with women. Caring for children and slaves (if applicable), weaving, preparing food and tending to graves were among some of the household affairs