Monday, November 17, 2008

Lysistrata 10(Final Thoughts)

I believe I didn't like this play as much as I thought I would at the end. There was absolutely not enough conflict in that I wanted more of a clash between the two sexes. I thought the men would be able to hold out longer than they did, although I didnt want for them to. Also, the women caved much faster than I thought they would as it had only been one day since they had slept with their husbands before they tried to come up with outlandish excuses as to why they were not able to keep up their end of the pledge that they swore on. I would have preferred some bloodshed, and little bit of harm done to the men and the women to be a lot haughtier than they were. They quite frankly didn't tr hard enough. Although I like that this was the first play in IB English we've read that did not result in death or a suicide, it did absolutely not but stall the feelings about housewives to their warring husbands. I just could see past the puns to actually merit the tale as one of brilliance.

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