Dynamic characters? I don't think so. Did ANY character in Lysistrata change or improve? I didn't find any evidence of that. I figured that in the end, the men would realize that there was no point in fighting the war and that they would want peace for the same reason the women did- everyone was safe and happy. But then I actually got to the end and the men seemed to only want to resolve the war to get back with their wives- they seemed to have no sense of WHY they were ending the war other than to sleep with their wives. They obviously didn't care about peace or the well-being of anyone, which makes me wonder- what did they learn? Nothing really. So I just can't say that any of the men changed, or the women for that matter. Lysistrata remains strong the whole book (but doesn't really progress) and all the other women are reluctant to join in, and they still are all the way throughout the play (remember the "pregnant" woman with her copper baby?). I guess the only one I would say improved at all would be Myrrhine, since she was one of the hesitant ones at the beginning, but later was strong enough to deny her husband when she could have broken the oath without anyone knowing.
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I would have to disagree with you, there are no dynamic characters at ALL. Nobody really did change as thats what I thought was Aristophanes point was, to show that the men would chnage their ways in war, but thats it.
I do not think the men gained anything from the war, which would not make them dynamic characters. The only reason the men agreed to take a truce, I think they were only doing it to return to their wives and sex. I would have to agree though; Myrrhine's character did change as she was so reluctant in taking the oath in the beginning, if it was not for Lysistrata’s power that convinced her.
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