A review by ingridluver
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox

medium-paced

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

4.0

"The gods do not praise Antigone, nor does anyone else in the play - except a young man who loves her so passionately that he cannot bear to live without her."

Ismene: How can I live alone, without her?

"The last play is still tragic in its outcome - Oedipus dies, Polynices and Antigone are doomed - but in it, for one man and for one moment, the silent gods speak, and the gulf between human and divine is bridged."

Antigone: O you wanted to die on foreign soil, but so alone, so desolate - why not in my arms?