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Antigone

Sophocles

3.62 AVERAGE

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

3,5 ⭐️

I remember hating Antigone when I had to read it in High School, so I was surprised that it wasn't too bad actually.

I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had been reading it as literature and not political theory
dark emotional reflective sad

this is a reread bc i forgot everything from high school.
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i didn’t expect a story that delves into such complex and opposing ideals.
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it takes so much out of the characters that at the end u are left with an empty void where the story & characters once stood.
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it delivers it in such a stellar way, that is completely unexplainable
reflective sad fast-paced

Antigone only serves to remind us of the unforgiving nature of Greek tragedy, in its finest form. It is the final act of The Theban Plays - and of the Oedipal line - featuring a heroine who is the epitome of honor and belief in one's own role in a larger system, and who, in spite of her fate, manages to break free of the plague that so destroyed her line. A classic, a quick read, and a work definitely worthy of fine analysis.

Sophocles is brilliant, yes, but I still prefer Shakespeare. Again, revisiting this play after reading it in high school.
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated