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In the following essay I will be writing about how Aristophanes playwright
"Lysistrata" and Shakespeare's playwright "The Tempest" both present us
with the figure of power. Both playwrights use the figure of power in their own individual unique ways.

Aristophanes' work demonstrates power through what would be called a
"Battle of the sexist." Lysistrata's main goal is to try to get the men
of Sparta to end the war and come home to their families. Lysistrata's
plan of action is to have all women refuse to have sex with their
husbands. She wants the women to temp their husbands in the most
seductive ways. Lysistrata tells the women,
We'll paint, powder and pluck ourselves to the last detail, and stay
inside, wearing those filmy tunics that set off everything we have- and
then slink up to the men. They'll snap to attention, go absolutely mad
to love us-but we won't let them, we'll abstain. I imagine they'll
conclude a treaty rather quickly (Aristophanes......

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