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Lysistrata By: Stefanie       Gutierrez
First,  What is old comedy?
What kind of play is Lysistrata ?
Old Comedy-  Defined by festive typed mood by it's   lampooning of living persons in a   topical satire, and by it's prominent use  of a chorus in masks and costumes.
Example #1 Lysistrata deminstrates a formal dispute,  "Man -vs- Women".
Example #2 In Lysistrata the chours is two-sided, each representing the veiws of man vs. women. This type of "parabasis" targets the audience in a humorous.
Example #3  The two -sided chorus is a  key example in old comedy; because they are representing a divided point of of veiw, they are present on a  consecutive level but not on a  simultaneous situation which futher demonstrates the "battle of the wills" against the too. Or men                                  versus women.
"The End"

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  • 2. First, What is old comedy?
  • 3. What kind of play is Lysistrata ?
  • 4. Old Comedy- Defined by festive typed mood by it's lampooning of living persons in a topical satire, and by it's prominent use of a chorus in masks and costumes.
  • 5. Example #1 Lysistrata deminstrates a formal dispute, "Man -vs- Women".
  • 6. Example #2 In Lysistrata the chours is two-sided, each representing the veiws of man vs. women. This type of "parabasis" targets the audience in a humorous.
  • 7. Example #3 The two -sided chorus is a key example in old comedy; because they are representing a divided point of of veiw, they are present on a consecutive level but not on a simultaneous situation which futher demonstrates the "battle of the wills" against the too. Or men versus women.