Lysistrata

The character Antigone is much alike with Lysistrata, they both have a goal set ahead of them. They both would do anything to achieve their goal even if it takes to die. Lysistrata is much stronger then rest of the women i Athena and Sparta. She knows how much she is worth, and that she isn’t just some sort of toy that the guys could abuse. Lysistrata points out how the women were back in the time: “Go in bed with a god and then get rid of the baby-that sums us up”.Her life isn’t revolved around sex while everyone else s is. She wanted to stop the war so bad that she managed to talk the women into joining “Total Abstinence from Sex” and makes them take an Oath.

This relates to Antigone because she would do anything to bury her brother, no matter of the consequences facing her. Antigone shows no fear of death:” I will bury him myself, and even if I die in the act, that death will be a glory. Burring her brother is the right thing to do;it shows respect and care, and that’s stronger for her then death. The person truly needs to posses no fear inside themselves and recognize the consequences in order to be as Antigone and Lysistrata. Whats so interesting is that both of these plays took place in a different time, but yet posses people that share “common ideas”.