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The documentary Truthland which was narrated by Shelly Depue is a response to the movie Gasland Directed by Josh Fox’s. Shelly Depue is a mom, grandmother, science teacher and a farmer in Susquehanna Pennsylvania. In the movie, Shelly starts by talking about how the movie Gasland is based on unreal facts. In the short movie shelly main determination is to get some answers for her family and her community and prove that producing natural gas is safe. She starts her journey to go around the United States and meet Professionals and ask them questions about fracking. First, she explains that natural gas existed in water long time before Fracking began and is naturally safe. “Looks flaming faucet that Josh showed might be a bit misleading so what was the truth, the real truth,” said Shelly, and she compares the movie

Satire is a literary manner built on wit and humor with a critical attitude directed to human institutions and humanity.  A successful satiric play will show certain truths about society and then try to improve upon them.  Satire is meant to be constructive rather than destructive.  Aristophanes uses satire in Lysistrata to convey many different themes such as war and peace, the struggles of power and class, and the life and death issues that are seen in war.  Satire is successfully used and seen in Lysistrata by stereotyping women in general and then the different classes of women as well.  Double entendres are seen throughout the play to help add humor to the play.  Sex is

Lysistrata by Aristophanes is a prime example of Athenian old comedy from the prologues to the exods as it not only fills the audience with laughs through a wide range of comedic techniques such as double entendres, satire and vulgarity. Since Aristophanes creating the play in this format he has hidden some crucial and dramatic themes involved in the play. The themes so creatively disguised through the comedic techniques used were, gender roles, in strength there is unity and anti-war. The complex themes will be discussed throughout this essay along with Athenian old comedy and comedic techniques to provide evidence on how these dramatic themes were concealed. Through the use of Double entendres Lysistrata and the other Athenian women have

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The comedy, Lysistrata, is based almost entirely around the theme of lust. The story tells of a war among the Greeks. Lysistrata, whose name means "she who dissolves armies," is the wife of one of the soldiers. She, along with the other wives, is sick and tired of her

The treatment of women over the past century has evolved immensely. Women have gone from being items of property, to being their own individual that can surpass a man if they so please. In the works of The Quran, The Thousand and One Nights and Lysistrata, the roles of women are varyingly similar in the treatment, objectification and overall viewpoint of their rolls in society. The of women in The Thousand and One Nights and Lysistrata have a completely different viewpoint and way of handling the treatment from men in their society, that ultimately shows the true power women do have and how one determined individual can change a societal norm.

In Lysistrata, Aristophanes successfully uses satire to both highlight and criticize the happenings of the Peloponnesian War, thus leaving an enduring impact on the audience by allowing them to understand his underlying message. In a nutshell, the play delves into the absurdity of the war itself by focusing on a group of women, led by the determined and responsible Lysistrata, whose mission is to use sex as a weapon to end the Peloponnesian War, a long-lasting conflict between Athens and Sparta that was fueled by disagreements and resentments; it engulfed nearly every Greek city-state and is often considered as the most momentous war up to that time (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). By withholding men from what is apparently incredibly important to them and refusing to fulfill their sexual desires, the women are able to successfully persuade them to bring the war to an end; in addition, the women in the satirical play also decide to capture the Acropolis and gain control of

Bernstein, Elizabeth Dr. Thomas Haeussler CWL 320 M/W 8am Essay One: Lysistrata Lysistrata is an example of a comedic story that can apply to many generations, cultures and intellects. With Aristophanes’ combination of witty, bawdy, vulgar, yet thematic comedy, it offers its readers a story for the ages. What I found to be the most humorous aspect of Lysistrata was the juxtaposition of how the comedy was initially intended to be viewed at the time it was written, and what makes it funny in today’s comedic culture.

Lysisitrata is a powerful play about women in Ancient Greece who are trying to find a way to get their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War and live in a time of peace. The way these women intend to get the desired outcome is by withholding any sexual activity from the husbands until the war is ended. Medea is another powerful play in which a smart and cunning woman, Medea, plans her revenge on her husband. The reason she is planning to get revenge is because her husband had been unfaithful and has intentions of marrying another woman, Creon’s daughter, which leads Medea to be distraught and outraged by this betrayal. Lysisitrata gives women more agency to act because throughout the play, more and more women are partaking in the refusal of sex with their husbands, though many of them are struggling with it and want to give in, they manage to stand strong and hold true to the oath that they had made.

This oligarchy, run by four-hundred men, had power over Athens. This power, as so in all governments, serves to distinguish these four-hundred men from the rest of Athens, as if to place them in a higher caste. In this, comedy is essential in reminding the Athenians these four-hundred rulers also want sex and have human needs. Comedy humanizes the oligarchy, making them more understandable and reducing fear and improving understanding amongst the people, reducing political tension. As well, as the oligarchy receives word of comedic works like Lysistrata, they are reminded of their humanity, and so they become more empathetic, less egotistical, and less close-minded as leaders. The political machine, as a result of comedy, runs smoother because every person involved understands each other and is more willing to

Up until this point in the essay, I have talked a lot about how Lysistrata is very innacurate about how Greek women were shown how to behave in Greek society during the classical era. However, this play does have some situations of actual truth to it about how both women were viewed in Greek society and the Greek society as a whole.

Aristophanes and Agathon were peers in Ancient Greece. Aristophanes was the master of comedy, and Agathon was the master of tragedy. They traveled in the same circles and are present in the same works. In looking through the comic lens at Agathon in Aristophanes’ Women at the Thesmophoria, the reader is presented with a portrayal of an effeminate man with a flair for the dramatic and a queenly attitude. Aristophanes’ Agathon is a comic character to be laughed at, a man that is more female than male. In looking at this view of Agathon, Greek views of homoeroticism are brought up and Agathon’s reputation and character in the world of Ancient Greece is brought into question. How much of

Throughout the play there are many mythological references, mostly to gods and goddess in a form of worship. For example, Adonis, figure 1, in the play is shown being worshiped by the women. “Poor Young Adonis!” (Lysistrata 321). The Adonis myth shows recurring ideas that

Aristophanes paved the way for comedy and how it would be viewed by citizens in ancient Greece. By incorporating satire and comedy, Aristophanes portrayed the social and political climate of the time. More specifically, Lysistrata, a play by Aristophanes, gives insight into the role women have in the Athenian society. The theme of gender roles in the play, Lysistrata, has evolved to parallel the social norm of feminism by women today. Lysistrata is a satirical comedy and portrays the women are at odds with man regarding several different matters, most notably the waging war on itself. The role Aristophanes embellishes within the characters are reversed between man and woman. The women, who were largely subservient to the needs and whims of

Consistent with the textbook, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama, the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes contains the elements of satire with its notable humors that ridicule his contemporary time’s politicians. Simply, he used his contemporary political figures, who caused the war and unable to stop the war, and the situation in war of his time as important factors for his humors that he is famous for. Consequently, his play Lysistrata aims to mock satirically his contemporary public figures, many of whom people in modern era do not recognize but contemporary Athenians know. That is, Lysistrata actually tries to make fun of the politicians by women, who were not even humans in eyes of Athenians, win over them in the play, describing their incompetence even below women who were thought to be unable to politically rule. Yet, do the men in the play signify all men in Athene? Simply, the textbook explains, “[t]he men encountered by the heroine Lysistrata (whose name means ‘disband the army’) on the Acropolis—men who guard the national security and the national treasury—are old and decrepit. The young men are in the field” (p.81). That is, the powerless men in the play