Sunday, November 16, 2008

women versus men

the battle between the men and women is of paramount importance in terms of the content of the novel. the whole novel in a nutshell is the struggle that takes place between women and men over dominance and equality. the women want peace, the men want war, in a way they have their own little battle over who will get what they want. 
the men think they can do whatever they want because they are men and they believe that women are weak and that women cannot defeat them. however this is not true seeing as the men lose (they make peace with sparta) and the women win through their superior brain power.

1 comment:

nehemiah09 said...

yea I can agree. the brilliance of the women outshined and overcame that of the men. the women used manipulative tricks in order to deceive the men, and it worked. they were not able to withstand the oath of the women.