women, act 1 scene 1
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 17-05-14 17:29
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- Act 1 scene 1
- Mnesilochus is the elderly relative of Euripides, he is his father in law
- Euripides is worried because he fears that the women are going to plot *********** him at the festival of the Thesmophoria
- they are angry because he portrays them badly in his tragedies and paints them as disloyal
- he goes to see Agathon
- Agathon is known for cross dressing so he wants to convince him to go to the festival as a woman and find out about what they're plotting
- Agathon dress up as a women to inspire him for a new poem
- Euripides wants Agathon to go because he couldn't go himself because he is well known by sights and Agathon is cleanly shaven and already looks like a women because he is good looking
- Agathon refuses because he thinks its Euripides duty to solve his own problems
- he is also worried that he will get noticed and the women are angry at him for writing about *** they go out and perform prostitution in the middle of the night
- verbal humour in Euripides description of Agathon 'he's got ants In his larynx', suggesting he's trying to sounds like a female but cant sustain it
- verbal sexual humour, Mnesilochus thinks Agathon is female and describes him as 'deliciously arousing'
- Agathon is known for cross dressing so he wants to convince him to go to the festival as a woman and find out about what they're plotting
- Mnesilochus steps in by offering to go instead
- he has his rear end singed
- removal of all pubic hair
- slapstick this would be humours because I would be sow painful
- his entire beard singed off
- takes away all of his masculinity
- he s forced into wearing a dress
- he wears a yellow gown because that's the colour prostitutes wear
- verbal humour 'what a delectate smell of cheesy pudendum
- unpleasant
- unexpected
- describing even Agathons genitals are feminine
- Euripides swears an oath by all of the blessed gods that he will come to Mnesilochus' rescue if he needs help
- this is the prologue
- Euripides cants recognise Agathon and yet he's '******** him'
- little sexual morals which is funny because he's portrayed as sensible
- verbal humour
- Mnesilochus is mocking the servants speech by using the same sort of language but talking about sex
- s:'he rolls it till it be round; he whittles it m:and fellates it'
- Mnesilochus is mocking the servants speech by using the same sort of language but talking about sex
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