Sunday, November 16, 2008

Can reform be a theme for Lysistrata

I believe in order to determine you must consider 2 points:
1. The significance of the fact that the women do not, at first, want to give up sex. They have to be persuaded to do this. So self sacrifice becomes an issue immediately. For example the 1st scene: Lysistrata has to work pretty hard to convince the ladies to join her.
2. The fact that Lysistrata tells the women to give in if the issue is pursued with violence is extremely important. So i really cant determine if this is an appropriate choice of themes

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