The Play Lysistrata And Othello - 1765 Words

When reading Lysistrata and Ajax I noticed that there are some differences and similarities in both plays, first I would like to start off with Lysistrata. In Lysistrata we can see that in Lysistrata it talks about marriage and sex how it is affected by war , it demonstrates the perspective what the women go through when the men are away. It demonstrates the anger and frustration the wives have towards their husbands when they are gone, they refuse to have sex with their husbands until they agree to sign a peace treaty in order to stop the war. Ajax demonstrates the struggles with decisions of suicide, we see the difficult decision of what is right and wrong. It demonstrates the effects of PTSD. Ajax shows us a person who used to†¦show more content†¦This has said to bring the character conflict with their gods and community or someone who’s representing an opposing will. I believe that both of these stories are giving the same message about war. War is not easy and, even today we see the struggles that not only the solider goes through but the soldiers’ wife and the family. If we really think about it, a solider is deployed at weeks, months, maybe even years at a time. They see things that we cannot even begin to comprehend, they experience things we cannot imagine. It is very hard to get over these things that happen. These two plays do an excellent job at demonstrating the effects on both sides of a marriage. However, I believe that they are not saying the same thing. Lysistrata, tends to demonstrate the importance behind the emotions of women whereas Ajax focuses more on the emotions of men . We see the conflict that arises in both of these stories, and we can easily tell the difference between the two, we tend to notice the importance of how Lysistrata and the other women are withholding sexual intercourse with their husbands until they have agreed to sign this peace treaty allowing the war to stop and they get their husbands back. I read one particular section of Lysistrata, it was the part when Lysistrata was with all the women and they taking the oath all together. Lysistrata, wanted to make sure that these women took the oath for one thing, but also knew what it meant and that