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Edipo Rey

Sophocles

3.56 AVERAGE


Weridddd play. Ik it’s a classic but…
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Superbly performed

2.5 stars
slow-paced
emotional reflective fast-paced

"Why should we humans live in fear
when fortune has control of us,
and there's no knowing anything
with certain foresight? It is best to live
and let things be, so far as we are able to."

"Think of this, and call no human being happy,
not while they're still waiting for that final sunset,
not until they've run their course and passed the
finish-post without disaster."
challenging dark tense 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

Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain.


Quick question for the day: how can one love Antigone and not have read Oedipus Rex? While dishonorable, it wasn't difficult given how prevalent the play is in our reality, the Freudian safeguards, the Lizard King finding such delight in a Florida retelling.

Much like those Star-Crossed Lovers I was prepared for enjoyment but found the crafting amazing, the chorus most stirring. I appreciate how the royal arrogance turns to ashes amidst revelation. This is a foundational text, a lesson for the perils of self-awareness.

Eloquent, brilliant, and wise.
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

read for a project, pretty good! looking forward to seeing what the goblins do with it