Representation of Women in Ancient Comedy and the Modern Sitcom. A Comparison and Analysis

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 1.0, University of Tubingen, language: English, abstract: This paper sets out to analyse and compare the representation of women in ancient comedy and the modern sitcom, arguing that both adhere to a dichotomy of presenting women as either "e;mothers"e; or "e;whores"e;. First, it establishes the sitcom...