y own brother for it." (Norton p. 673 lns. 164-165) Obviously Medea was in more pain than Lysisitrata, but the passion and effort put into the plans show that Lysistrata had better control of the situation. This leads me to conclude that her emotions run deep on a different level than Medea's.
Lysistrata's perseverance gives her character a very strong look that expresses a true interest and passion for solving the problem she and the other women faced at the time. She gathers the women and reveals her strategy of a sex-strike that is supposed to bring the men to a brea
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