Lysistrata

 While I did find the play to be a little hard to follow, I found Lysistrata to be very humorous. I thought the overt sexuality was hilarious and extremely liberal. It was interesting to have these sexual under(and very over) tones because it made me realize that some historical societies were as, or even more, socially advanced than we are now. In opposition, however I found the way women were seen to be very conservative. I also thought this was pretty funny, because things that women and men are stereotyped for were also true. I also could image the Spartan women as having big Southern drawls which made the play come to life in my mind a lot better. I thought the scene with the commissioner, Lysistrata, and the old woman was funny because the old woman was finally saying what she had always wanted to, and was just constantly making jabs at the commissioner while he constantly shut him down. My favorite part was when Lysistrata explained her views on war from the perspective of weaving. The men thought she was being ridiculous, but she made really good points. It was also interesting to see how these thoughts (who were obviously Aristophanes') were being conveyed to the audience in a way that was easily understood by a large audience and was a reasonable commentary on the destruction that war can cause in a household.