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It's been awhile since I've read this play, but I don't know if I would...

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:18:26 PST

It's been awhile since I've read this play, but I don't know if I would use the word "exploitation" when discussing the women in this play. The women are not exploited in my opinion, since they come up with the plan themselves. The men's war was never-ending, so the women on both sides of the conflict get together to decide to hold their own war by withholding sexual intimacy with their husbands until the war is concluded for...

How is the the theme of exploitation of female sexuality in...

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:20:24 PST

how the the theme is used in the play

Your introductory paragraph will depend on your main idea or thesis. ...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:00:24 PST

Your introductory paragraph will depend on your main idea or thesis. There are several things you could target with this piece--male vs. female, love, war, the use of sex as a weapon.Choose an aspect of literature to write about--one of the above themes, the use of imagery, or symbol, etc.Once you have figured out what you want to say about the play, you then will need to support what you're saying with a minimum of three reasons you believe...

Common intoductory paragraph for Lysistrata.

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:19:30 PST

Common intoductory paragraph for Lysistrata.

Another theme is war or violence. The women rebel against the men and...

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:59:34 PST

Another theme is war or violence. The women rebel against the men and get together (from both sides) to plan how to end the war their men are fighting. The women withhold sex on both sides of the war in order to end the fighting. So, ultimately, the men are fighting against one another and the women are uniting to fight against the men to end the war/violence. Very ironic, and extremely amusing.

One of the themes in Lysistrata is obedience. The women are no longer...

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:52:52 PST

One of the themes in Lysistrata is obedience. The women are no longer willing to be subservient to the men. This shocks the men when the women are vocal about their discontent, and willing to fight about it if necessary. They are giving up the usual, traditional roles of wife and mother to fight.Another theme is that of sex. The women are using sex as a weapon to fight the men. They band together and withhold sex in an attempt to weaken the...

What are the themes in Lysistrata?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:38:53 PST

What are the themes in Lysistrata?