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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The version I read was a very different and unique translation of the play. It was written for performances in Nazi occupied France, and then translated from French to English. It gives it a subtle emotional difference, esp in the parts about authority. For thsoe who don’t know Antigone is a classic Greek tragedy about Oedipus’ children. After Oedipus dies his two sons war over his throne, and both die in the fighting. One is given a hero’s burial the other left outside the walls of the city for beasts to tear apart. Antigone, their sister, refuses to leave her brother unburied, despite her uncle (now the king) decrees that he should not even be mourned. Her civil disobedience, and his reaction start a tragic chain of events.
Reread 12/12/18:
EN
This play is still one of my favorite of all times. I love Antigone as a character, and remember fondly my first read - there are still some sentences that I remembered from my school years! This time, I annotated my copy!
FR
Cette pièce est toujours une de mes préférées. J'adore le personnage d'Antigone, et je me souviens avec nostalgie de ma première lecture - je me souvenais de quelques phrases datant du collège ! Cette fois, j'ai annoté mon édition !
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It was just great! I think I'll soon reread it to make a proper review: it really deserves it. I love to play Antigone at school, it was such a tragic and great role. It made me want to discover theatre!!
EN
This play is still one of my favorite of all times. I love Antigone as a character, and remember fondly my first read - there are still some sentences that I remembered from my school years! This time, I annotated my copy!
FR
Cette pièce est toujours une de mes préférées. J'adore le personnage d'Antigone, et je me souviens avec nostalgie de ma première lecture - je me souvenais de quelques phrases datant du collège ! Cette fois, j'ai annoté mon édition !
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It was just great! I think I'll soon reread it to make a proper review: it really deserves it. I love to play Antigone at school, it was such a tragic and great role. It made me want to discover theatre!!
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An interesting concept about whether or not you should die for a cause. The protagonist (ironically called Antigone) illustrates this beautifully. All in all, can't wait to study this in more depth in class!
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Changing the rating for this after watching the play. Such a beautiful illustration of the choice between the law and ethics.
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Changing the rating for this after watching the play. Such a beautiful illustration of the choice between the law and ethics.
1½* Probably the worst book I've read so far this year. Very stale and boring. It's very easy to get lost and you would not care about any character. This book is why you always show and not tell, and for a play it just feels like two long monologues from Antigone and Créon. I assume that Anouilh thought he was writing a masterpiece but it turned out to be a mess: it was too modern to be ancient; too ancient to be modern, too familial to be political, and too political to be familial. But it had funny moments with the grads.