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Lysistrata and Comedy

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November 6, 2013

 

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Also like the post WWII era, the literature of this time reflects this disillusionment. So whereas T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" reflected this in modernism, Aristophanes' Lysistrata can be seen as a product of the disillusionment of Athens during this period. Much like tragedy providing an outlet for built up angst that is built up by empathy with the characters, comedy serves the same purpose for providing an outlet for built up angst from, in this case, society; therefore, one can presume that comedy does have a catharsis: that of laughing at oneself...
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Although it is good to laugh at oneself, the way women were portrayed in Lysistrata was reminiscent of the 20th century minstrel shows. Their characteristics were blown out of proportion. So Lysistrata did serve another more insidious purpose: subjugation. Part of the humor in Lysistrata was the far-fetched idea of women taking over the Akropolis, or treasury, and withholding sex from their husbands...
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