From this point-of-view, the characters of Woody Allen may seem closest, but not because they are referring to older times, but because they are so focused on their own existence that they don't take into consideration the idea of potentially changing it.

At the same time, Aristophanes's characters are very involved in the politics world, very important during Antiquity as the main place of the Greek society and where the Greeks exchanged ideas and participated to every day life. Allen's characters are not at all so, as they are more interested in exploring the interconnectivity between individuals and the individual in himself as an entity rather than the public faces of the era. Compared to Aristophanes, the focus remains on the individual, but we also need to understand that in Aristophanes's case, through politics was the best way for people to come together.

Moliere's characters are also social rather than...
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