Sappho

The more interesting qualities of Sappho's writing is her own personal involvement in the narrative. Until this point, the audience has been a passive observer, one which is meant to take objective lessons from the work itself. In Sappho's poetry, however, she speaks in the first person which allows for a much more involved audience -- in this instance allowing for the author's emotions to be transferred to the viewer.

Another interesting aspect is the lesbianism present in the play. To this day, Sappho has had a major impact on woman to woman relationships, with Sapphic and her native island, Lesbos, as the two strongest and most familiar terms relating to lesbianism. This adds an interesting element to the stories, especially considering how she was supposedly married and had a child by the time she was writing her works. It is a shame that so many of her poems are lost to time.