Sunday, November 16, 2008
Husband in the Play?
How come we only really see one husband in the play and it's Myrrhine? Where is Lysistrata's husband? We hear about the other women's husbands in the play as well. We also hear about their sons. Why is the main character of this play and the leader of the protest so disconnected from men from the beginning of the play. When she suggests the abstinance all the women react quite harshly to Lysistrata's proposal. Why is that? I think she could care less about her male counter parts. Since we don't hear about a spouse I don't think it's hard for Lysistrata to lead the protest at all. I think if their where a male presence in Lysistrata's life in this play it would make for a much better story. This could be another reason I didn't care much for this play.
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I believe that Lysistrata's husband is left out basicaally so that we can focus on her and her strength in the movement, rather than having her husband take some of th elight. plus, this would interesting, because the author would have to choose with either her husband siding with her, or staying against her until all the other men of Greece gave in. I think it would just create too much controversy in the book.
If the book where long though do you think they could have pulled it off? Their would be a lot more room for such a thing.
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