me, as well as modern audiences, were and are drawn to the play, at least in part, because it portrays that dissatisfaction with reality, and that idealistic search for the better life or society, in a wonderfully comic or satiric vein. It is important to note that Aristophanes does not hate humankind, but is rather fond of it. He is nevertheless able to see the comic element in its search for perfection and to convey that comedy to audiences of every age. Audiences respond positively to the play in part because they recognize themselves and their foibles in his comic presentation.
Euelpides and Pithetaerus have left a city where they felt dissatisfied and cramped by social and legal requirements, and they now seek a land where they imagine they will be able to live in
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