I thought that it was almost hypocritical for Aristophanes to portray the Spartans the way he did using language. I mean, the whole book is centered around getting peace and ending the fighting and the war, and yet whenever the Spartans are around, they are made to seem inferior and stupid even. The dialect that Aristophanes uses for the Spartans is obviously used to make them seem like dumb hicks, which I thought was completely unnecissary and was in no way contributing to what was happening in the play. Therefore, I thought that the only reason the Aristophanes had the Spartans talking like that was to point out that they were not as intelligent or educated as the Athenians, which completely goes against the whole moral of the story, which is to end wars and create peace. What's the deal?
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yeah their dialect degraded them and put them on a lower level than the athenians. weren't there a few scenes where the athenians thought they were better than the spartans? plus it was really had to read xD
Yea the Spartans are potrayed to seem inferior to the Athenians. Their dialect could be a symbol for differeneces in their cultures or just something that makes them different from the Athenians.
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