By means of War

It is war that destructs the Athens. The chorus is made up of all old men because there are no young men left. Those who have not been killed in the war, are off at war. The women remain behind and must take care of the children and property with little assistance. The Young women have no one to marry. Lysistrata says that when men return from war, even the old ones can find wives. But once their time has passed, the young women will never find a husband. This is one of the results of war, the abandonment of the women.

Lysistrata Character

Lysistrata is an idealistic young woman who wants to bring a stop to the war. She decides that the most effective way to get the men to stop fighting is to deny them sex. She brings all the other women together and with some help from Lampito, and pretty much convinces all the women to join in her in this plan. Lysistrata is smart and funny, which adds to the humorous atmosphere of the entire play. In a nutshell Lysistrata is a peacemaker, when it seems that the peace talks between Athens and Sparta will end without an agreement, Lysistrata comes up with a plan to convince the men to find a peaceful solution.

The Key Elements of humor in Lysistrata

In Lysistrata there is tons of humor!! I mean, the men are in a never ending war and the women are sick and tired of it. The men think that the women should just stay out of the war and thats when Lysistrata devises a plan to get every woman to not touch or sleep with their men until the war is over and a treaty is agreed apon! I meen, the men go crazy after not getting "any" that they have to get laid or they will go absolutly nuts!! so they agree on a treaty....This paly is extremely funny and amusing.

The play presents a succession of, among others, four people, namely Hedda and three men. One would doubtless expect that the basic side in the basic triangle is that between Hedda and George, Eilert, and Brack. My question is why are these three men satisfied with being part of this "Love Triangle"?

The importance of Eilerts manuscript

Eilert's manuscript is, unlike the child Hedda is carrying, a WANTED possession, and therefore Hedda becomes a primitive woman when she burns the image of her enemy's possession. It is also the symbol of Eilert's superiority over george. Eilert's work is dynamic, and George's work is static. Once he loses the manuscript, which by this time has acquired an intense emotional value for he come to think of it, in fact, as a child. When the manuscript comes into Hedda's possession, she burns it; and when the Lovborg returns to her house, she encourages his thoughts of suicide - and puts into his hands one of her father's pistols

Cowardly or Bravery ?

Okay folks this post is just a response or continuation post to my suicide post. By killing herself, is Hedda Gabler brave or cowardly?.............hmm this gets tha juices flown... I think that Hedda is a coward. A coward is a person who lacks courage. Hedda was afraid of "scandal" and what society thought of her. Hedda kills herself because she lacked the courage to live with "scandal." She does not wish to be Tesman's wife nor does she wish to be a mother. But because of her fear of tainting her reputation, she lacked the courage to do something about it.

Why does Hedda commit suicide?

For the most part i have a brief understanding on why i think she does such a sinful act.She commits suicide because she sees no way out of her situation. She has been replaced in Georges eyes by Thea. Brack has power over her by blackmailing her. And her position now is that she has no power over anyone which isn't what she wants, all the way through the play she has wanted power over people, she made Eilert drink, and effectively killed him by giving him the gun. She hasn't really had any female role models; no mother figure mentioned and so has been brought up in the male atmosphere. She was used to being rich & so only married George on the promise that he was going to be rich and successful and when that fell through she was stuck with no way out. All of these factors combined makes the suicide justifiable.