![]() ![]() Younger states that the majority of Greek plays had certain sexual content (130). It is necessary to tackle the background of the creation and the function of ancient Greek comedy on the whole. Lysistrata’s explicit sexual content performs numerous functions, describing a relationship between men and women, illustrating power, justifying the importance of love, feelings, and peaceful life without war. One more erroneous point of view treats Lysistrata’s sexual content as a means of creation of purely humorous effect. A very shallow opinion is to consider such classical works as Lysistrata as a play that focuses on lust and primitive desires. However, it is necessary to analyze the works with evident sexual content in order to get at the function of sex in them. ![]() ![]() They stated that such books as Lysistrata, Decameron, and Canterbury Tales had been banned in the USA and “kept away from the public eye” (Hall and Wrigley 86) for a long period of time due to their sexual content. Kahane and Cavender mentioned books with sexual content as a favorite target of censorship (342). Since sexual intercourse is a ticklish question, the attitude towards literary works with sexual content has been diverse and contradicting. The theme of sexual relations between a man and a woman has been an integral part of imaginative literature. ![]()
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