These parts, in both works are: ascending action, climax, descending action and epilogue. The epilogue in plays is the part where all the threads of a play are brought together. In Lysistrata and The Importance of Being Earnest the plot composition is a critical element that helps understand their relationship to the idea that plays end with a statement. Lysistrata was originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC and tells of one woman's goal to end the Peloponnesian War. The Importance of Being Earnest, a trivial comedy for serious people was first performed in 1895 and is the story of the trial and joy of two friends who pursue a fictitious character as a man named