Lysistrata

After reading a couple tragic Greek plays, I do not believe that the play Lysistrata can make me laugh. However, the play proves me wrong. This play is a total satire of the Pelopenesian War. These women are sick and tired of their men fighting in war, and so they decided to end it in a comical way. This play is an excellent shift from the Greek tragedy plays because there is no gloomy image of men fighting for power. I have many good laughs from reading the dialogue. The women's pledge during the beginning of the play is especially funny. Who would have thought that staying abstinence from sex is the key to bring peace? I thought that women use sex to get what they want. Another part that is funny in the play is the dialogue between these men and women. Their dialogue is like a debate between the two sexes where women are much strong-willed than men.

Besides the funny lines in the play, Lysistra is about women's will power. The person with the most drive in the play is Lysistrata. She is not married nor blunt comparing to the other women. Lysistrata is very cunning in her speech and does not show any sexual desires or flirt with men; and most importantly does not post any feminine weaknesses. An instance of her witty is when she instructs the wifes such as Kinesias and Myrrhine on how to have self control over sex. I like the way Lysistrata influences the wifes; the wife can tease her husband and not have any sex. I wonder if once the men is in the mood and yet he can not do anything, wouldn't he go crazy?