Has anyone read Aristophanes, Frogs, if so the assignment is questions on the story.

Response Questions

1) Analyze The Clouds’ relationship to the genre of comedy as defined by Aristotle in the Poetics. Use evidence to support your position.

2) What is different about the characterization of Socrates in Plato’s Phaedrus and Aristophanes’s The Clouds? Provide a short argument that accounts for these differences in terms of genre, style, and effect. Use evidence to support your position.

3) Write on any topic of your choosing. Your topic must relate to the play. Use evidence to support your position.