Reviews

Antigone by Sophocles

annesophie_ballerina's review against another edition

5.0

4.5- big fan of Greek tragedies, will probably read more Sophocles soon. This was actually really funny in places, and some of the characters were very sassy! For being written so long ago, it surprised me how the dialogue translated so well into modern times. Pretty easy read, although some of the Chorus monologues I had to read a couple times to figure out exactly what they were trying to say. Not 5 stars because I didn’t like the ending

angelinalaramie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

malaikama's review against another edition

Thank you to my LAW 102 prof. for making me reread this

zalopunk's review against another edition

3.0

Odio el teatro. Creonte tirano tuvo su merecido, ni un deseo de apaciguar las cosas. Pero bien cobarde el pueblo que tienen que andar esperando que lleguen los dioses a través de Tiresias para juzgarlo.

lowkey_star's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

saintalia's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

tiredlol_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

tom_23's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

legallybrunette27's review against another edition

3.0

Why is everyone fking their cousins….? I really wanted to get over that so I could actually appreciate the writing of this ancient greek tragedy(which sounds so cool like “yeah this it’s just like 2000 years old whatev”) but that’s hard to do when you realize how damn tight this family tree really is. Like seriously. There are no in-lows it’s just people’s cousins, MAYBE once removed but that’s it.
Antigone slayed. Call me sinister but I kinda liked it when everyone died at the end. Like Creon really didn’t see that one coming L. 
Anyways the book was hard to read and I hate it for that. But it was also kinda poetic when it didn’t make me feel stupid.

daisyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0