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maryska's review against another edition
4.0
I'm amazed!
This play undoubtedly deserves way more recognition.
Wrong they are who might think it primarily deals with some female bickering. The overall layout? So elaborated! I assume it must have been conceived as a kind of an experiment. Not only in the structure, but also the rawness, harshness, even vulgarity and naked ugliness of the lifelike tragedy, which I'd never come upon before in such deepness. Moreover, let's bring up the even dynamic, tension, emotion, gasping, grandeur.
I usually shy away from comparing, but this piece in particular throws me back to Aeschylus' plays. Here as well as there I could nearly touch the tangible suspense, thick and heavy quiet that I could be as well pulled into and envision the movements of each persona and the chorus.
This play undoubtedly deserves way more recognition.
Wrong they are who might think it primarily deals with some female bickering. The overall layout? So elaborated! I assume it must have been conceived as a kind of an experiment. Not only in the structure, but also the rawness, harshness, even vulgarity and naked ugliness of the lifelike tragedy, which I'd never come upon before in such deepness. Moreover, let's bring up the even dynamic, tension, emotion, gasping, grandeur.
I usually shy away from comparing, but this piece in particular throws me back to Aeschylus' plays. Here as well as there I could nearly touch the tangible suspense, thick and heavy quiet that I could be as well pulled into and envision the movements of each persona and the chorus.
helgamharb's review against another edition
3.0
This is the dramatization of the life of Hector's wife Andromache, as a slave, after the Trojan war.
bpaxton's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
quite different from the first two in the trilogy. i still really liked andromache but there was much more overt sexism here which really put me off although it was more exciting than the other two.
crazy ending though, wasnt expecting that.
crazy ending though, wasnt expecting that.
reynaisland's review
3.0
Jealous of her husband's relationship with his slave, Hermione leads a manhunt against Andromache and her son. With the help of Peleus and Thetis, Andromache must argue for her right to live.
Irony stitches this play together. Andromache's saviors and the father of her son, are both directly related to the man who killed her husband, Hector. She is haunted by Hector's death and her resentment for the Greeks, while being permanently tied to them. It's also impossible not to have some sympathy for Hermione, whose husband is cheating on her with an enemy slave.
In the end, the slave owner, rapist, and cheater, Neoptolemus, is hardly faced with an ounce of blame.
Irony stitches this play together. Andromache's saviors and the father of her son, are both directly related to the man who killed her husband, Hector. She is haunted by Hector's death and her resentment for the Greeks, while being permanently tied to them. It's also impossible not to have some sympathy for Hermione, whose husband is cheating on her with an enemy slave.
In the end, the slave owner, rapist, and cheater, Neoptolemus, is hardly faced with an ounce of blame.
missmelia's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
deardostoevsky's review against another edition
5.0
Andromache's story is tragic. But her high-spirited character makes it a tale of valiance quite unknown to the patriarchal rules of a sad world where women are prized away as spoils of war as per men's desire.
But even amidst a fate so awful, worse than the worst, comes Andromache, who does not falter or bow down before the atrocities so brought upon.
Euripides magically weaves this tale of jealousy and treachery, highlighting the terrible plight of women, and the tragic side of wars.
But even amidst a fate so awful, worse than the worst, comes Andromache, who does not falter or bow down before the atrocities so brought upon.
Euripides magically weaves this tale of jealousy and treachery, highlighting the terrible plight of women, and the tragic side of wars.
ichirofakename's review
3.0
Some nicely powerful story telling dialog, which is what Greek Tragedy is all about. Translator uses inappropriately modern idioms now and then. Time gaps so huge it is hard to ignore them, at least when reading. Women being treated like chattel, though largely the point of the story, is still offputting.
georgia_hadj's review against another edition
5.0
Ενα έργο με πολύ δυνατούς μονολόγους από όλους σχεδόν τους ήρωες! Κρίμα που δεν παίζεται συχνά στο θέατρο.