This play was considerably happier, less morbid, and funnier than the house of bernarda alba and Hedda Gabler.
You've got the women in Lysistrata; thinking about sex, abstinence, and the right thing to do for the greater good. they took action and did something positive. Hedda and Adela took action too, but that ended badly. And the women in The House of Bernarda Alba and Hedda Gabler were portrayed almost negatively. The women in Lysistrata were headstrong and willing to do something good. The women in the House of Bernarda Alba were constantly bickering with each other, gossiping, and off being scandalous. The women in Hedda Gabler were either your typical motherly woman type, obedient wife type, or socially defiant crazy type who goes and kills herself in the end.
Overall, Lysistrata was positive in both categories: The way women were portrayed (slightly sex-addictive but we'll forgive aristophanes for that one) and the ending. The House of Bernarda Alba and Hedda Gabler epically fail in those categories because the other characters continue as if nothing happened which means Adela and Hedda died for nothing.
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I really enjoy that you compared the two plays. I definitely never would've thought to compare the two but you pointed out a lot of similarities that I wouldn't have otherwise noticed.
I'm glad Lysistrata was on a happier note and that things did end happily and finally a woman won in this instance compared to Adela and Hedda who lost very tragically!
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