Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays: Volume I by Thomas Talboy, Alan Sommerstein, David Fitzpatrick

Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays: Volume I

Thomas Talboy, Alan Sommerstein, David Fitzpatrick

317 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction art classics history literary play dark reflective slow-paced
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The Athenian tragic dramatist Sophocles wrote over 120 plays in his sixty-year career, of which only seven have survived complete. This volume presents what is known, or can be inferred or conjectured, about half a dozen plays known to us only fro...

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3.49
based on 1,171 reviews

Moods

dark: 57%

emotional: 50%

reflective: 50%

sad: 35%

tense: 30%

challenging: 19%

mysterious: 14%

adventurous: 11%

informative: 7%

relaxing: 7%

funny: 4%

inspiring: 4%

hopeful: 2%

Pace

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42% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
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Plot or character driven?

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40% of readers chose A mix
20% of readers chose Character
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Strong character development?

30% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
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Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
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Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
70% of readers chose No
Yes
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

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10% of readers chose No
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