The Menaechmi: Use the new to learn from the old, comedy that is Through time and generations, comedy has attracted its viewers in different ways. Each generation, as we can say, has a different charm and over time the interest changes. As the style of comedy changes, so do the issues it pursues or addresses. As the old comedy developed and matured, it began to change shape from its writers and poets through language. Its standard focus on topics also became different, and with the cumulative changes that occurred over time a new comedy was developed. Furthermore, Plautus' In The Menaechmi, written as New Comedy, and its focus on different issues in Roman society, very different from the old comedy, offers many ideas of comedy that manage to convey the message very well. At this point we all know that even though much of its focus is no longer practiced today, old comedy is the origin of comedy. The old comedy has taken the most outrageous projects and presents plausible solutions to contemporary problems. It also focused primarily on slapstick action, scatological and sexual jokes, and tragedy. Furthermore, its most common goal would be political and social parody along with literary distortion. In The Menaechmi, in addition to their internal relational drama, the characters managed to convey the interaction and standards of Roman society. In this book, interestingly enough, Plautus writes the characters with Greek names and green settings. However, the manners and taste were remarkably Roman, also giving it a flavor of old comedy. In this book we can see that in Roman times, men had free will. Even if married, they would have their mistress on the side and their servants would also be the "watchdog" for them if the real wife suspected anything. At the beginning of the story, the twin brother is shown as the jealous wife's depression. He leaves the house, criticizing his wife. As he leaves the house, he takes his wife's cloak and, together with his servant, gives the cloak to Erotium who is a prostitute. Then he tells her that he can repair the mantelpiece and asks for that dinner for himself and his servant. Furthermore, without disagreement, Erotium agrees. This scenario shows that in Roman society women did not have much say in their lives and were always in service to men and served what men liked, regardless of whether it made the woman happy or not..