550 reviews for:

The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

Sophocles

3.87 AVERAGE

lukaseichmann's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eveblunden's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gracelandtoos's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

augustusgirl's review against another edition

4.0

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Great starting off point offering a brief look into criticisms of these 3 Sophocles plays when delving further into the plays

scorpioangel's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

lunaliz's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lyndonleigh's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read for a classical tragedy class at university. We mainly focused on the first two plays which I probably enjoyed the most. I did read the last one on my own but didn't enjoy it as much but was still alright.

deelia's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

matryoshka7's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense

lils_writer's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes