11.06.2004
Antigone
by Sophocles, translated by Paul Woodruff, 68pgs, paperback
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Overall Grade: B-
This is a very excellent play that you should definitely read if you haven't already. Based in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, it follows up on the curse of the Oedipal family, with his daughter Antigone flaunting the decrees given by the ruler of the city (her uncle Creon) to follow a higher, divine requirement to bury her brother. It raises a lot of good issues, especially if you need a shorter work to mow down in a discussion group. The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because the translation was mostly decent, but kind of urky in a few spots.
Amazon site
Overall Grade: B-
This is a very excellent play that you should definitely read if you haven't already. Based in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, it follows up on the curse of the Oedipal family, with his daughter Antigone flaunting the decrees given by the ruler of the city (her uncle Creon) to follow a higher, divine requirement to bury her brother. It raises a lot of good issues, especially if you need a shorter work to mow down in a discussion group. The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because the translation was mostly decent, but kind of urky in a few spots.
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: foreign language, genre: historical, media: book, media: play
