Online Behavioral Targeting and Consumer Privacy Issues EssaySophocles’ prolific writing has rarely produced a woman of such stern strength of character as “Antigoneâ€. Inversely the comedy of Aristophanes “Lysistrat†was among the first to introduce a strong willed female protagonist, who is not a goddess. The treatment of both great writers differs in the fact that the backdrops and the moods are distinctly different. While Sophocles zeroed in on the sombre tragedy, Aristophanes chose to inject feminist revolt against domination through zestful comedy. From a gender perspective it is important to study the motives behind the actions of the lead characters in both the plays. There have been suicides and suicides in Greek tragedies (which almost define Greek tragedies). Sophocles’ Antigone commits suicide in the dark dungeon left to starve to death.
