just to point out the vast difference in genre between lysistrata and hedda gabler. they're both filled with all kinds of innuendo, but lysistrata's is far more tongue-in-cheek, whereas much of it in hedda comes off as threats, mostly made by brack. lysistrata is fairly unrealistic, idealistic, and allegorical in places, whereas hedda is a tediously realistic portrayal of sitting room drama. this also brings up the difference in scope. the events in lysistrata, apparently, involve the whole of Greece, whereas, in hedda gabler, the events would hypothetically bear little to no significance to anyone outside of the Tesmans' living room, or their small norwegian town. also, the author's personal stance on the subject material and the characters as far clearer in Lysistrata