The Chorus

Okay I have to say that the most confusing parts of this play were the Choruses. I mean half the time I had no idea what was going on. It was extra confusing. Maybe it would be easier to visualize them speaking but Idk...each time the chorus of women speak they are usually answered by the chorus of men or vice versa. After some analysis of the choruses I realized that the depict the theme of the battle of sexes. The first women chorus (41) illustrates the radical women's actions and the fire of their emotions to threaten. The men respond (52) thinking the women to be a bunch of animals gone wild. Again the women do not back down (58) exclaiming that with their assets they will prevail and "fatigue won't weaken [their] will". The men are unsure what to do (64) and think it is a plot from the Spartans that caused this because the women should not and could not do such a thing. The women say that they have always lead the procession in such ways and now will do it again in a dignified way (65), the men think they are being disrespected and say they always were the fighters so its not hard from them to fight these women back (67). The women are angry at this statement refusing to give in (68). The men and women realize that fighting is reaching some conclusion and so the men tell of Melanion and his celibacy in the wild (75) saying they want to be like him. The women respond (76) talking about Timon being the best because he stayed within the city walls but still fought against the ruthless men. This bickering back and forth between the choruses until they unite demonstrates the battle of the sexes. The men continually are underestimating the women thinking they cannot fight men or have ideas, and they definitely should not be out of the house opposing the war. And the women are doing everything they say they shouldn't be doing, also they are opposing the men's actions laughing at their claims to be decent men..haha... Even though the choruses are hard to understand I think it is where they are placed within the play that really demonstrates how it is a battle of the sexes