Sunday, November 16, 2008

Brutes vs. Brains

so basically brains vs brutes is a very important theme throughout Lysistrata and the underlying message is brains= women and brutes= men.
a prime example of this theme is through the dialogue between Kinesias and Lys. Kinesias would speak the first comment that cam to his mind whereas Lys. thoughts had knowledge to them and meant something. The brutes usually just say what they think makes sense at the moment whereas the brains only say what they think is relevant. In the end the brains are the ones successful. this is proven by the fact that the oath eventually does end the war peacefully. so yea brains vs brutes can be seen as kinesias vs lys. and women vs. men!

YEAHHH

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