Antigone‚ by Sophocles and‚ Lysistrata by Aristophanes are both pieces of art studied and fascinated within the time frame they were made and still are to this day. The tragedy‚ Antigone‚ and the comedy‚ Lysistrata‚ both encompass women who go against their customs and laws; but what sets these two so widely apart‚ is the outcome in which each women face in result of their actions. Antigone is told and begins with the assumption that readers know the background and characters within it‚ this is
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around him‚ he begins to stress about his boss’s reaction‚ his wife’s yelling and the stomach pains to come. Mr. Keller has now stopped responding to the countdown and his coworkers. With eyes fixed on the monitor Keller is replaced. Question Responses Paul Keller displays some troubling behaviors during the countdown. On this day he is very distracted and daydreams in between check points. Due to his severe distraction of uneasy family life at home Keller has problems remembering and following
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Sex-strikes have been used in history to prevent and end wars since the early 1600s‚ but first written about in the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes in 411 B.C. The main premise of Lysistrata has had a lasting effect politically on the way that certain events have been improved and averted. The way that the women were written by Aristophanes was advanced for the time period that the play had taken place. Having the experience of a play differs drastically than reading it to yourself‚ quietly in your
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Fire Corps is one of five partner programs under Citizen Corps‚ the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps partner programs share the common goal of helping communities prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies of all kinds. Launched in 2004‚ Fire Corps is managed by the National Volunteer Fire Council and works with various organizations
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protest against the highly anticipated Peloponnesian war by refusing sexual contact with their partner is considered implausible‚ especially considering the period of time in which the play was based in. It was not until the end of the play where Lysistrata‚ the leader of the revolt is finally able to pitch her idea in forming a peace treaty between Sparta and Athens. The play suggests that Lysistrata’s reasoning of wanting the war to end was for the wives to be kept company at home by their husband
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about the female experience in Greek society. Euripides was a Greek dramatist who wrote his play Medea‚ from the perspective of a woman who is miserable in her subordinate role in life. While Aristophanes was an Athenian comic playwright‚ who wrote Lysistrata‚ from his own perspective of the women’s revolt during the Peloponnesian War. Both authors paint an interesting picture of how women were viewed during this time‚ with many similarities between them. These stories may not be facts straight out of
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A Psychological Report showing the effects of differing sounds on Galvanic Skin Response‚ Respiration and Heart Rate | | By Eunan McCloskey | 12/11/2009 | | Table of Contents Title Page....................................................................................................................................1 Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................2 Abstract.................
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Stories like Odyssey‚ Agamemnon‚ and Lysistrata provides its audience the epic rich traditions and colorful histories. The Odyssey is an epic story with a faithful enduring love. Unlike other characters‚ Odysseus and his wife Penelope have a very happy ending. Homer the narrator of the story makes it very clear that Odysseus and Penelope relate with each other as equal. (QUOTE) as in seen by the following quotes” In my adaption of the story‚ my main point is to deliver the unique plot to the main
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In 1920 John .B. Watson paired up with his graduate student Rosalie Rayner who he later married to carry out an experiment to prove that emotional responses could be conditioned or learned. He believed that environmental factors influence behaviour despite the biological make up of human beings. Watson and Rayner used an 11 month old baby Albert in the now famously known “Little Albert” study. Albert was a healthy and stable baby at the time of the experiment. When Albert was 9 months old‚ he
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To What Extent is Lysistrata a feminist play In the play Lysistrata‚ women have absolutely no political rights. There is a war going on and one woman wants to put an end to it. It is my opinion the character Lysistrata can be viewed as a modern day feminist. She takes charge in the self-titled play and claims that war shall be the concern of Women! It is too important a matter to be left to men‚ for women are its real victims. Lysistrata wants to end the long war for it is taking a toll against
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