Monday, November 17, 2008

Peace....what does it ACTUALLY represent??

From reading the section about " Peace", it amazes me how the men want a piece of Peace ( no pun intended :) . From the beginning, Peace was a naked female, who Lysistrata used in order to get the men to make a treaty with each other. Essentially, she used Peace to get the men to want Peace as a way of life and to stop the war; However, the men took Peace a totally different direction. " ....but that's the purtiest behind..." " and down to the Megara for the legs" " You cain't take all of thet! Yore plumb out of yore mind! "peace moves from her place by the gates to Lysistrata. The delegations goggle at her. Indicating Peace " Never saw one I wanted so much to top." are some quotes and stage directions which demonstrate how Peace was perceived by the men and the women. The women used peace as a woman ( which they have been craving for LESS than 24 hrs), to lure the men into Peace as a new way of life, without the war.

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