Dicaeopolis’ Withdrawal from Athenian Society
Camia Lopez
The Peloponnesian War was an intensifying war that was fought between the Athenians and Spartans. As matters continued to result in more problems due to the war, an Athenian citizen named, Dicaeopolis, decided to intervene and construct peace between the two opposing nations. Early on, Dicaeopolis decided to establish a private peace treaty with Godson, an immortal child of Demeter and Triptolemus, who was able to grant the deed. Although the war was a continuing problem that corrupted Athens, Dicaeopolis’ motives of dealing with the war led him to create a private peace treaty with Sparta in hopes of fleeing the Athenian society, a society who strongly avoided settling peace with …show more content…
Without the Chorus listening to what Dicaeopolis had to say, he would’ve never been able to defend his reason as to why he created the peace treaty. Due to the inability to persuade his fellow comrades, the only solution was to propose threats. Dicaeopolis took a charcoal-bucket from a village and mentioned that he will kill it. Certainly this horrified the Chorus and Dicaeopolis was able to gather their attention. By using a more forceful method, he was able to get people to listen to him. However, his actions contradicted because he showed that he was willing to be enraged and keen despite his goal of creating a peaceful society. After giving up the charcoal-bucket, Dicaeopolis realized that he didn’t want to live in peace alone; Dicaeopolis extremely cared that other people need to believe in him and follow his ways. Here, he exhibited selfish acts when he decided to convert other people even though they didn’t care for what he has to say. Although people were entitled to their opinion, Dicaeopolis didn’t care because he wanted to change the way people lived in Athens. Because nobody wanted to hear what he had to say, Dicaeopolis turned to a method of deceit when he consulted Eurypides and asked for, “a bit of rag from that old play. I’ve got to make a long speech to the Chorus.” (Acharnians 415-416). Dicaeopolis decided to go …show more content…
When all else failed, Dicaeopolis turned to wrongful and offensive motives, which were surprisingly successful. Though he started off as a wretched farmer, he slowly grew into a selfish and corrupt man. Dicaeopolis negatively transformed throughout the play into the man he has been trying to avoid, a man who avoided peace and lived for the warfare. Furthermore, Dicaeopolis was able to get everything he wanted; He was able to escape the corrupt city of Athens, build his own little city, and leave everything that he didn’t like. Selfishly speaking, Dicaeopolis did everything for his own benefit and
Camia Lopez
The Peloponnesian War was an intensifying war that was fought between the Athenians and Spartans. As matters continued to result in more problems due to the war, an Athenian citizen named, Dicaeopolis, decided to intervene and construct peace between the two opposing nations. Early on, Dicaeopolis decided to establish a private peace treaty with Godson, an immortal child of Demeter and Triptolemus, who was able to grant the deed. Although the war was a continuing problem that corrupted Athens, Dicaeopolis’ motives of dealing with the war led him to create a private peace treaty with Sparta in hopes of fleeing the Athenian society, a society who strongly avoided settling peace with …show more content…
Without the Chorus listening to what Dicaeopolis had to say, he would’ve never been able to defend his reason as to why he created the peace treaty. Due to the inability to persuade his fellow comrades, the only solution was to propose threats. Dicaeopolis took a charcoal-bucket from a village and mentioned that he will kill it. Certainly this horrified the Chorus and Dicaeopolis was able to gather their attention. By using a more forceful method, he was able to get people to listen to him. However, his actions contradicted because he showed that he was willing to be enraged and keen despite his goal of creating a peaceful society. After giving up the charcoal-bucket, Dicaeopolis realized that he didn’t want to live in peace alone; Dicaeopolis extremely cared that other people need to believe in him and follow his ways. Here, he exhibited selfish acts when he decided to convert other people even though they didn’t care for what he has to say. Although people were entitled to their opinion, Dicaeopolis didn’t care because he wanted to change the way people lived in Athens. Because nobody wanted to hear what he had to say, Dicaeopolis turned to a method of deceit when he consulted Eurypides and asked for, “a bit of rag from that old play. I’ve got to make a long speech to the Chorus.” (Acharnians 415-416). Dicaeopolis decided to go …show more content…
When all else failed, Dicaeopolis turned to wrongful and offensive motives, which were surprisingly successful. Though he started off as a wretched farmer, he slowly grew into a selfish and corrupt man. Dicaeopolis negatively transformed throughout the play into the man he has been trying to avoid, a man who avoided peace and lived for the warfare. Furthermore, Dicaeopolis was able to get everything he wanted; He was able to escape the corrupt city of Athens, build his own little city, and leave everything that he didn’t like. Selfishly speaking, Dicaeopolis did everything for his own benefit and