24-Hours

One thing I have to keep reminding myself is that this play happens in 24-hours. Now, I always thing that it takes a much longer time than that, as I truely don’t think that the men would give in that easily. I also wonder over what time it really must have been. I mean, the play starts off with lysistrata having a meeting in the morning. Then during the part of the play where a lot of the women were trying to get out, Kleonike says “and those goddamned holy owls; all night long, tu-wit, tu-wit - they’re hooting me out into my grave!” (73) Finally, when the whole group is going to make peace, they stop at the commissioner’s house. He is drunk and carrying a torch - two things that signifiy that it is later towards evening. Now, I know I’m being very literal with all this, but I just wanted to try to figure out exactly what the time frame was, as I never was really explained. Also, by figuring this out, I can see that Lysistrata follows the morning to evening storyline. Meaning that it starts in the morning, a time of new beginings and starts (lysistrata bringing up her idea, all the women going against their roles) and it ends in the evening, signifying closure and and end (to the war).