Lysistrata Post #6: Life With Women Is Hell, Life Without Them Is Hell Too

The men in Lysistrata would agree with this statement to a certain extent. I pretty sure (but could be absolutely wrong) that they thought women were a pain in the rear end. They more than certainly thought women were inferior and were only responsible for tending to the house, the kids, and their very own needs. But that flies out of the door when the most important thing the women provide is at risk. When sex was held hostage, the men tried to fight their way through and end the sex strike. However, that was unsuccessful and they caved in only in 24 hrs. This sad fact, shows that the men would rather live with women, than without them.

Lysistrata Post #5: T-Pain Connects to Lysistrata

Man right after reading this scene, I thought of one of T-Pain singles on his new album, Chopped & Skrewed. The second verse in my opinion illustrates this scene perfectly, how the female was kissing on him and leading him on. Then out of nowhere like Myrrhine, she flips the script and busts out with a deal of her own. Well, here are some of the lyrics:

[Verse 1: T-Pain]
Have you ever seen
A dime piece all alone at the bar (bar-bar)
Straight out of a magazine
And you just want to let her know who you are (are-are)
So you say let me buy you a drink
Or a little conversation
If that's what you want to do (do-do)
And she said love is about to end
And you said y dont u come to my crib
And She said I can't leave my friends

[Chorus 1:]
Now you've offically been chopped and screwed
Screwed-Screwed
Chopped-Chopped
And Screwed
You've offically been
dance-dance
Screwed
And Ewed-Ewed
Chopped
Screwed-Screwed
You've offically been chopped and screwed
And-And
Screw
Chop-Screw-Screwed
You've offically been Screwed
Screwed
Screw-Screw
Chop-Chop
And Screwed
You've officially been
Dance-Dance
Screwed

[Verse 2: T-Pain]
Have you ever been in the VIP room
Of your favorite street club (club-club)
And you got a shawty on you
Kissing on your neck
Making you feel like she so in love (love-love)
Now you done grabbed you a couple a drinks
And you feeling like it's about time to cuddle up (up-up)
And you said shawty what's really up
And she takes big sip out yo cup
And she said it'll be 60 bucks

Lysistrata Post #4: Myrrhine & Kinesias

WOW!!!!!!! This scene was priceless!!!! The women really played a number on him. Lysistrata warmed him up by saying how much his wife missed him and how much she loved him. Lysistrata described it to the point where Myrrhine could not do anything without mentioning Kinesias. Then she comes in for the kill. She offered to have sex with him and he was ready to go right there on the spot. LOL, but she drives him crazy with all the things she brings. LOL, one of my favorite quotes from this scene was "I was up before I was up.." Anyways, this part shows that the women in the play are fully capable of stepping outside their traditional roles. No one thought they could be excellent strategists in this "war of the sexes."

Lysistrata Post #3: Language of the Spartans??

Why was the Spartans speaking the way they were? I found it kinda difficult to fully understand what they were saying and I thought it misrepresented to a certain extent. If I recall correctly, then the Spartans were not considered as intelligent as the Athenians. They were very barbaric but very good military strategists. Everything else about the Spartans was sub-par. However, they were not stupid. Also, in my opinion, this brings the idea that everyone from the south speaks this way and is somewhat less-intelligent. Idk if this is just me noticing this but it kinda bothered me.

Lysistrata Post #2: Spectacle, The Importance of Props

LMAO, this play was hilarious from the beginning to the end. Every scene had some kind of humor to it with the reactions of the men and women or just from the numerous puns. Two of the scenes that I found extremely funny was between the Koryphaios of Men and Women, Lysistrata and the Commissioner, and between Myrrhine and Kinesias (especially the last scene mentioned!) But in these humorous parts, there is a common ground they share, the importance of the props. The props include bowles of water, torches, and in general household items. I saw the fire representing the men's sexual desire, hot and out of control. The water is for the women's calmness and ability to overcome their desire while "extinguishing" men's desires. The household items the women used when confronted by the Commissioner and the archers i imagine being spindles, brooms, knives, forks, anything they could use to defend themselves. LOL, Myrrhine showed the true power and control the women had. She used bedroom items to intensify the sexual fustration in her husband, and then left him for dead. Overall, im trying to say, the person makes the tools, not the other way around. The women demonstrated this perfectly using unusual, strange, and unexpected "weapons."

Lysistrata Post #1: Who Will Give In First??

Man, this play was OC in the very beginning!!! Sex is such a important factor in the Greek culture!! Nonetheless, it is very interesting and almost kinda fun to guess who will give in first. The men treat their wives like objects or even pets. They allow them to do very small and unimportant tasks in and outside of the household. But when it comes to sex, they have these uncontrollable urges. Almost to the point where they use the women, take what they want, dump them to the side. The women in "Lysistrata" are almost as guilty to this crime. When Lysistrata first introduces the theory of abstinence, the other ladies go crazy, saying they would give anything except sex to end the war. Its kinda hard to even guess who will give in first because both genders are almost addicted to sex.

Final Thoughts on Hedda Gabler

This play was ok..... it had its ups and its downs. I wished it could have been less dense so that the reading would be easier, but it didnt kill me. A couple more motifs could have been added to the play, i know it was not the author's purpose to write a play with motifs to satisfy other people, but i could have enhanced it a little in my opinion. One thing i did like about Hedda Gabler was how Ibsen had most of his characters connected to each other. Each character had and their relationship with the others was essential to understanding the book. Out of ten, Hedda Gabler would get a 6.5 from me. Well, its time to move on to the next play, Lysistrata (hope thats how you spell it). From the work we did so far, seems like it is going to top Hedda Gabler and The House of Bernarda Alba thanks to the use of puns.