Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Antigone by Sophocles, Georgin Charles 1868-

15 reviews

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Much like Oedipus at Colonus, I found this extremely boring. There was once again no real intrigue in the events that were happening, and I feel like everything fell flat. I loved the women in this story though, because they always stood their ground. I think my problem with Greek plays, or maybe just with Sophocles, is that all of the big events that happen are always told to us by a messenger or an outside force, and we often aren't in the mist of the big event that happens. I think that's why everything fell flat for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism and Murder

Minor: Incest

scvqa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

leontyna's review against another edition

dark

5.0

I love the play, it was lovely to reread it for the first time in audio form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Blood and War

childoflight's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Incest and Murder

Minor: Body horror

atticlovebuzz's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and War

mbomersheim's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Welcome to the beginning of another slew of books I have to read for class: University of St. Andrews edition!

This version of Sophocles’s Antigone translated by Anne Carson is the last play in the Oedipus Cycle that follows the progeny of Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene, after one of their brothers has been denied a proper burial. I don’t want to go into too much detail given how short this play is, but I will say that I enjoyed it. This translation has pretty prose if you read it out loud, and though there isn’t much plot that actually happens on stage, I didn’t really mind. It was solid and I understand why it’s a classic still taught thousands of years after being written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide

sandy_21's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Blood

Minor: Incest and War

canicula's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Incest

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and War

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder