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Antigone by Sophocles

16 reviews

mia_6505's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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justagremlin's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Listen if I have to take an Ethics class, then by god I will use anything I read towards any reading goal lol. Anyways, its good, its a classic, slay
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draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

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challenging reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Much like Oedipus at Colonus, I found this extremely boring. There was once again no real intrigue in the events that were happening, and I feel like everything fell flat. I loved the women in this story though, because they always stood their ground. I think my problem with Greek plays, or maybe just with Sophocles, is that all of the big events that happen are always told to us by a messenger or an outside force, and we often aren't in the mist of the big event that happens. I think that's why everything fell flat for me.
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scvqa's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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childoflight's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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atticlovebuzz's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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lay_kone's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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mbomersheim's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Welcome to the beginning of another slew of books I have to read for class: University of St. Andrews edition!

This version of Sophocles’s Antigone translated by Anne Carson is the last play in the Oedipus Cycle that follows the progeny of Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene, after one of their brothers has been denied a proper burial. I don’t want to go into too much detail given how short this play is, but I will say that I enjoyed it. This translation has pretty prose if you read it out loud, and though there isn’t much plot that actually happens on stage, I didn’t really mind. It was solid and I understand why it’s a classic still taught thousands of years after being written. 
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sandy_21's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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canicula's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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