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dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Antigone my best friend
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Incest
Read this for the play that I’m doing (I got Antigone) and I was so confused/intrigued/horrified by the plot because of everything that happened and just how crazy it was
Jokes on you Creon they named the play after Antigone and not you
Jokes on you Creon they named the play after Antigone and not you
More like "Greek Fathers Ruin Everything #3", am I right, ladies?
challenging
dark
inspiring
fast-paced
had to read this for school, and while that automatically makes me have a certain amount of dislike towards it, this was actually pretty good :)
I liked this book more than Oedipus rex, which surprised me. Antigone's character has to go through hartships but in the end she was still a good person, which is rarely this case.
Read for my Political Thought in the West class. Although I'm having trouble understanding the professor through his thick Romanian accent, I believe that he finds value in this play for its tension: between the individual and the state, between familial obligations and duty to the polis, between divine command and positive law, betwen youthful self-sacrifice and adult dominiation. And, of course, between man and woman.
I haven't found the copy that I actually read. The year of this copy is correct ... I did type in the isbn but it came up with this. The translation that I read was said to be quite close to the ancient text according to the foreword of the book. This is so old (possibly written around 440 BCE) but still reflects the happenings of today. This is a second read for me and I needed a refresher having just read Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire which is an adaptation of Antigone; I needed to see how it all fitted in. Good to read it again .... lots of tension and such a tragedy.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No