Amos Wesonga 
Comparing and Contrasting the Characters in the ‘Mandragola’ and ‘Lysistrata’ 

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies – Comparative Literature, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: The Mandragola and Lysistrata are two plays whose stylistic devices revolve around ridicule and encompass tragedy, satire, and comedy that relate to social and political aspects of the society at the time. The character build and diction of the plays is more or less the same with insolence. However, there are a few instances of contrast, especially with how extreme Aristophanes would be as compared to Niccolo Machiavelli. Regardless of the differences, ridicule is applied in both plays in a pronounced manner about the character roles for Lucrezia, Nicia, Lysistrata, and Calonice.