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challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Antigone is the first play I've read by Sophocles and the first I've read from the Theban Plays. Not only is this play extremely enjoyable, but shares parallels to certain situations happening today; a good and memorable play is evergreen in its topics in relativity. Concerning the fight for justice, the bravery of sacrifice, and the universalities of ignorance and regret, this play pronounces itself a fiting end to one of the most popular and cleverly written plays of all time. Similar to Prometheus Bound and Macbeth, Antigone is an impressive and appropriate conclusion.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is pretty good but I found the writing a little lackluster at times (could be a fault of the translation) and wow does it beat you over the head with the theme. Cool that it ends in a triple suicide though! You don’t get that kinda drama anymore, everyone’s so intense!
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Pretty fun stuff. Antigone is a feminist icon in her own right and far before feminism became the "monolith" it is today. I wasn't expecting that in Antigone which is why it was such a surprise. I guess the biggest surprise about Antigone, is that it really isn't about Antigone at all which is really the magic of it. The title character, while she to me remains a key feminist figure, is really a secondary character. She remains unchanged throughout the length of the book and it is the king with whom the reader interacts. What did we learn?
We learned that maybe we should listen to the "hysterical" women sometimes.
Oh and about morality and human suffering and all that, too.
We learned that maybe we should listen to the "hysterical" women sometimes.
Oh and about morality and human suffering and all that, too.