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inspiring
reflective
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bo radość jeśli w człowieku przygaśnie, to trzymam, że on nie żyje, lecz żywym jest trupem
Marne to państwo, co li panu służy
Czyż nie do władcy więc państwo należy?
Pięknie być wtedy rządził... na pustyni.
Słowami świadczyć miłość - to nie miłość.
Bo nie ma gorszej dla ludzi potęgi, jak pieniądz
czy wreszcie, wszystkim dobrze znane:
Współkochać przyszłam, nie współnienawiedzić.
Oczywiście antyk opływa w to, co nadal jest aktualne. Jesteśmy wciąż ludźmi.
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Suicide
medium-paced
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated