Final Lysistrata Blog

This blog will just be my reflections on how i felt about this play.

I am definately glad that i got to read this play for many reasons. the first is that i learn another great tale and i can use it as an example in an intellectual discourse i may have in the future. Another reason is that this revolt really did work and i am glad that it did because it just shows that it doesn't take violence, or being famous just to be heard, and that anyone can make a difference if they all stand strong together. It is this point that i believe the modern play was refering to a UWM ... if we all recycled just a little bit more, or stopped to pick things up off the ground then maybe just maybe we would stand a chance at doing something bigger than us something even as big as helping the world... and with that I will step away for Lysistrata leaving all those to read this blog to reflect on everything we as single human beings can do.......

BLOG 9!!!!!!!

its blog numero nine and i am feeling fine!!!

Another theme in this play is the uncanny Power of Women

This play along with the House of Bernarda Alba, and Hedda Gabler all show the power of women... IB must really be focused on a message they want to convey to the students about equality... anyways I feel that this play superceeds the other plays we have read when it comes to the power of women because this what the entire play is about from start to finish and it isn't just one or two women that have power, it is every single women in the book... and without every women doing their share, it wouldn't have been a succesfull revolt.

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Its about this time where im almost blogged out of my mind, but i feel as though it is my duty as an american to finish this quest of bloggage.

The setting of this play as i alluded to earlier is maintained in one general area, and the props used were interesting ... the cup of wine that the women drank from literally could have been a cup of wine but if you would like to know the symbolic way of seeing this look at Jmag's blog about this because i must give her credit otherwise i wouldn't have thought of it.

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This play is famous for its overwhelming use of puns. Because of the puns i found this play to be extremely punny. It was so funny that i will provide a few examples for you. One example is when a man is expecting his wife to sleep with him and instead she runs and he makes a remark about the only one getting laid is the table. Other funny puns i found were just little subtle remarks throughout the play such as people exclaiming "its getting harder" or something to that accord. Never the less this play was both emotionally loaded and pun filled.

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Wheew over half way done now!!!!

Dialectic Dialogue

This play has very interesting dialogue and what fastinated me the most about the dialogue was the different dialects in which the people spoke... for example Lysistrata spoke very proper and formal to all of the people throughout the play, however there was a character by the name of Lampito i believe that spoke with a very mountainous southern drawl and that helped me to form opinions on both of the characters and how they act. I pictured Lampito to be not as educated as Lysistrata, but certainly as brave as her ... i pictured her as the strong farmer woman type that would fight for a cause she believed noble and that is just what she did through the play

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Make love, not war

This theme is essential to the play and although the theme make love, not war sounds so cleshy, it is exactly in line with what is occuring in the play. The play is a lack of making love in the attempt to end war and in the end the theme of this play holds true because both the women and men end up deciding on making love and ending the war with Sparta.

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Characters Part 2

On the otherside of the gender pool or gender spectrum if you will there is our main man the commissioner. This guy deserves almost as much credit as Lysistrata does for 2 main reasons. The first reason is that he is representing the other men and doing his best to put the protest down and at the same time keep the women happy. The second reason is that he is a good sport about being humiliated by the women but getting a veil put on his head and also because in the end he begins to see the womens point and asks questions. Also he helps to reach a peace agreement with the women so the Abstinance Plan can end but also so that he can help to ensure that the strike won't occur again. Whether this will be successful or not, I believe that when we left the play the situation was looking good between the men and the women.

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Characters Part 1

In this edition of my blog i would like to look into the two main characters on both sides of the gender spectrum. The first character is of course the one that the play was named after, Lysistrata. She acts strong and very bold to defend everything that she believes in and wants the women to have beter lives. She comes up with the idea of abstinance which demonstrates her creativity and thinking that is way ahead of her time. She also sees the big picture and is a good "arguer" or in other words very persuasive i believe that if it weren't for her appeal, persuasion, and leadership skills that Plan Abstinance would have failed. Some of the women werent as strong and daring as her and it was her that saved the women and ended the feud between the the waring countries. Lysistrata may have only been looking to help her and her fellow women keep their families together but she also did something much bigger by having the two sides come together in peace. BASICALLY the bottom line is that if you take Lysistrata out of the equation you take the entire revolt or strike out of the picture and nothing happens, and life just keeps going the way it always has.

Lysistrata Blog 2 Abstinance Risky Choice????

Before i move onto the Characterization of the play I wanted to delve into the whole idea of abstinance and how it could have been a potientally risky choice. I am glad that Plan Abstinance was a success but i believe that it could have gone in the opposite direction especially in society today. The women were lucky that they had a bold and courageous leader like Lysistrata to lead them because I could have imagined that the abstinance could have gone down as a joke because the men could have treated the women like dirt and I could see the very sensitive women breaking down and quitting just to have a happy marriage and family and even though that is all that the women wanted all along i believe that some of the men wouldn't have put up with their protest especially if it would have lasted longer than 24 hours.

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Plot Development

The plot held true to one main story line throughout this play and moved rapidly, but also progressed just slow enough to establish they key characters and concepts that were occuring. The play remained in one general setting throughout the play. To help provide an example or explanation of the plot moving fast but slow at the same time is that the play began with the two characters of Lysistrata and Kleonike having discourse about why Lysistrata was so angry and impatient. But exactly 5 pages later the other ladies begin to show up and the rising action begins to proceed rather quickly. I guess what I am trying to say about the plot is that upon reading the first 5 pages it appears to be moving slowly but but after the basic set up to the play it moves much quicker and we can see everything that is happening.