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This paper examines various forms of feminism seen in two works by Shakespeare's, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Aristophanes', Lys...
-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...
In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...
sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...
in terms of political and economic equality. We can also say that political feminism officially began with the suffragette movemen...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
In five pages this paper argues that this comedy by Aristophanes is an example of feminism with its strong and intelligent female ...
until the womens liberation movement of the 1960s. As women focused on greater political, social, and economic equality, however,...
This paper examines the gender inequality that has always characterized Mexican culture in a consideration of Chicana feminism con...
were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...
clothes and wigs and necklaces, imported gowns and fancy lingerie!" (Aristophanes query=1). That women have been forced to prove ...
they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...
a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...
In a paper consisting of nine pages the seriousness of Aristophanes' comedies 'The Birds' and 'The Clouds' is considered. Seven s...
another thing: ? young men of the richer classes, who have not much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear th...
In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...
indication of satire must be seen in the name and the role of the Clouds, these are women that take the place of the goods, who ar...
by, at least, a millennium. For them, they are merely being "realistic" and that such realism can serve as a basis for a social or...
yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
art of argument. He is a lost cause at the school and he is deemed too stupid to really be taught this fine art. He then sends ...
their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...
even screenwriters who disguise them as interesting stories. The original Star Trek was great at teaching these moral lessons whil...
thing. CLEONICE (wearily) And is it thick too? LYSISTRATA...
out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...
This paper contrasts and compares the female characters in The Birds by Aristophanes, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Buried Ch...
In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...
In 8 pages this paper compares how fear and power are thematically portrayed in these 5th century Greek plays. There are 5 source...