Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Lysistrata Character Analysis
- Lysistrata
- POWERFUL
- Opening Scene - ability to
command an audience
- Some masculine, asexual characteristics
- Frustrated
- Independant woman struggling for power
in oppressive patriarchal society
- Refusal to accept
her intended status
in life
- VISIONARY
- Outward delivery of
political speeches to
audience
- separated
- Not driven by sexual drive thus
separated from gender & society
- Calonice
- Ignorance, disinterest &
naivety (contrast to Lysis)
- Never seen fit to Question
her purely asthetic role in
society (conformist)
- Sexual: constantly
thinking of sex
- Fickle, easily influenced
- materialistic
- Myrrhine
- Flustered, constantly
seems rushed
- Awkward,
nervous,
doubtful
- Lampito
- Spartans in general more
liberal; rippling muscles,
slit skirts etc
- Seems to challenge
Lysistrata's power
- Definite leader
/ influential
- Straight talking, rational
- Stratyllis
- Strong leader in challenging
chorus of old men
- Stark contrast between violent
leadership approach of her to LYSIS
- Impulisve, actions are
extreme and unpredictable