Aristophanes, the "assemblywomen" and the audience: the politics of rapport

• Erin K. Moodie ^[1]
  1. [1] Colgate University

     Colgate University

     Town of Hamilton, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 107, Nº 3, 2012, págs. 257-281
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • That Praxagora and other female characters in the Assemblywomen continue to address the audience or reveal any awareness of the audience after their rise to power marks them out as different from other Aristophanic characters, among whom the propensity to disrupt dramatic pretense is inversely proportional to their social status in the world of the play. Such a departure from usual Aristophanic practice suggests that the playwright is granting them extra opportunities to ingratiate themselves with the audience, perhaps to encourage serious thought about women as political actors, or about some of the policies which Praxagora proposes.