Aristophanes and Plautus

Aristophanes and Plautus From the beginning of time women have been seen as inferior to men. Since creation to present day, females have been denied rights, mistreated and held unaccountable for complex thought and reasoning. The views of women held by the citizens of each historical period and generation has been depicted in the literature from that time. The role of the women in the Bible was to be man’s helper and this idea …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…outlook on women of their time. Both reveal in their plays that women were inferior to men and were considered their servants and unintelligent. However, by looking at Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata, he reveals another side of women not seen in Plautus’ works, one of intelligence, worth, and bravery. Perhaps the women did advance in their relations with men from the time of Aristophanes to Plautus, but it is not evident in their works. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**