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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
A surprisingly edgy translation with some really sharp lines--enjoyed this far more than anticipated!
mysterious
tense
medium-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
i love sophocles and i think i liked this so much in particular bc i knew the story already which is so helpful when reading greek myth. i also just think this is such a great story and i love the way that prophecy is always woven in with mythology
I am quite certain that most of those who have read Sophocles' plays were only induced to do so out of necessity; a requisite for their literature class perhaps. However, on my part, as I have long been stripped off of that academic obligation, I have read them - Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Electra - out of pure interest and pleasure; and there is nothing compared to reading a book for one's solace.
If for my ears I could have built some dam to stay the flood of sound, that I might lose both sight and hearing, and seal up my wretched body -- that I would have done. How good to dwell beyond the reach of pain! - Oedipus Rex
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Oedipus Tyrannus is a classic, which should be read time and again and studied time and again. Thoroughly compelling, if not darkly ironic and comic at points, which provides a thoroughfare throughout the play. Oedipus acts as the main focal user throughout the play and provides utterly brilliant dialogue; his interactions with Jocasta and Tiresias in particular stood out to me. Sophocles has once again outdone himself!
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
I'm not going to do my normal review for this book, since it seems there is not enough to really talk about (at least for me.) I also think that the plot of this book is well enough known (or not cared about as someone needs to read it for school) that I needn't do a spoilers section or a blurb. These are the things that sparknotes are for.
My thoughts:
I found this book a little, well, messed up… I wasn't a huge fan of Oedipus (though some of the reasons that I disliked him are pretty much just based on the time. Like totally unnecessary and absurd amounts of violence and marrying the wives of previous rulers just… because.)
I think one of the things that kind of tarnished this experience for me was because I did read it, as opposed to having seen it which can take out a little bit of the emotion behind it. Like, when Oedipus's wife commits suicide, I didn't really feel a whole lot and that could be because of the short length of the piece or because of the lack of adjectives used to describe characters' manner of speech etc. that would be added in prose or preformed in a play.
You've got to wonder what prompted this kind of book in the author. It so old and yet these types of scandals and issues were still debated and thought about. And there was no fear in writing a fairly depressing play in which the main character isn't really a hero, simply a normal human.
I don't have anything else to say. It was interesting, I'm glad I read it but I wouldn't necessarily go out and read it again for fun or anything: 83%
My thoughts:
I found this book a little, well, messed up… I wasn't a huge fan of Oedipus (though some of the reasons that I disliked him are pretty much just based on the time. Like totally unnecessary and absurd amounts of violence and marrying the wives of previous rulers just… because.)
I think one of the things that kind of tarnished this experience for me was because I did read it, as opposed to having seen it which can take out a little bit of the emotion behind it. Like, when Oedipus's wife commits suicide, I didn't really feel a whole lot and that could be because of the short length of the piece or because of the lack of adjectives used to describe characters' manner of speech etc. that would be added in prose or preformed in a play.
You've got to wonder what prompted this kind of book in the author. It so old and yet these types of scandals and issues were still debated and thought about. And there was no fear in writing a fairly depressing play in which the main character isn't really a hero, simply a normal human.
I don't have anything else to say. It was interesting, I'm glad I read it but I wouldn't necessarily go out and read it again for fun or anything: 83%