Lysistrata Post #8: Lysistrata vs. Everyone Other Female

Finally, we have a winner!!!!!!!! A woman who was successful in achieving her goal. No doubt she stands above Adela, Hedda Gabler, and just about every other woman we look at in the past plays. Lysistrata was able to portray masculine and feminine qualities. She was the base and strength to the other women and held her ground as a confident "general." What was really surprising was how the women in Lysistrata scared and manipulated the men using household items. The other women in previous plays used masculine tools; i.e. the pistols and Bernarda's cane. Two last things I found pleasing, the women did not commit suicide. The stood their ground and defend their beliefs through the ups and the downs. Lastly, the women in Lysistrata also demonstrated a strong bond between "sisters." Its sad how they demonstrated a deeper connection than the blood sisters in "The House of Bernarda Alba." They tore each other down instead of building each other up to over come and conquer their mother.