... end of the play. This further emphasized by the meaning of her name Lysistrata, as it means 'giver of freedom" Secondly the uniqueness of Lysistrata is another reason in my opinion why the success of the play depends on her characterization. Lysistrata is presented as a contradiction from the stereotypical way in which the women are perceived in the time this play was written. This is because she comes across as more than just the regular child bearing machine and also because she does not possess the regular feminine and domestic characteristic women are expected to have. This is made evident as she mocks all the other female characters similarly to men. , "Just think if it had been a Bacchic ceremony that they'd been ask to attend......You wouldn't have been able to move for all tambourines", she says when referring to the women. Lysistrata's reference to the other women as ...

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