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160 pages • first pub -450 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781854596109
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication date: 01 September 2001
Description
The great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex. King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of i...
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Moods
emotional 50%
reflective 43%
sad 42%
tense 41%
challenging 37%
adventurous 16%
mysterious 9%
funny 4%
informative 4%
Pace
fast 40%
slow 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 42% | Character: 32% | Plot: 22% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 41% | It's complicated: 36% | No: 18% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | No: 34% | Yes: 19% | N/A: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 69% | Yes: 12% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 87% | It's complicated: 6% | No: 3% | N/A: 2%Average rating
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Graphic
Incest, Murder, WarModerate
Suicide, Sexism, DeathMinor
Racism
160 pages • first pub -450 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781854596109
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication date: 01 September 2001
Description
The great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex. King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of i...
Community Reviews Summary of 789 reviews
Moods
emotional 50%
reflective 43%
sad 42%
tense 41%
challenging 37%
adventurous 16%
mysterious 9%
funny 4%
informative 4%
Pace
fast 40%
slow 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 42% | Character: 32% | Plot: 22% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 41% | It's complicated: 36% | No: 18% | N/A: 3%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | No: 34% | Yes: 19% | N/A: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 69% | Yes: 12% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 87% | It's complicated: 6% | No: 3% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Incest, Murder, WarModerate
Suicide, Sexism, DeathMinor
Racism