These parts, in both plays, are: the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the denouement. The denouement in plays is the part where all the strands of a play come together. In Lysistrata and The Importance of Being Earnest, the composition of the plot is an essential element that helps to understand their relationship to the idea that comedies 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 Serious, a trivia comedy for serious people was first created in 1895 and chronicles the trial and joy of two friends who pursue a fictional character as a man named