Men Writing Absurd Female Characters, But Make It Ancient (Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae Part 3)
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Aristophanes and the Wine Skin Baby
Mika continues to be Aristophanes' gross and weird women's stereotype. She continues fighting with Minnesilicus as if he truly holds her baby captive. It would be funnier if I didn't know how much this entire play is just Aristophanes inventing weird stereotypes that make women look bad. But fortunately for us, this is when the play takes a turn into utilizing more obvious references to Euripides's plays.
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