PDF Antigone Dover Thrift Editions Sophocles 0800759278046 Books

Product details Series Dover Thrift Editions Paperback 64 pages Publisher Dover Publications; Reprint edition (October 12, 1993) Language English ISBN-10 0486278042

Antigone Dover Thrift Editions Sophocles 0800759278046 Books Reviews

• Like Romeo and Juliet, this brings back memories of Mr. P's freshman English class. It now amazes me how
  much great literature we covered in those months. Like Brothers Karamazov, this drama is often used as an
  illustration in philosophical discussions. It is among the oldest works to deal with questions such as natural
  law, civil disobedience, conscience, family loyalty, civil authority and the higher law of the gods. My high
  school teacher, although liberal in many respects, emphasized that Antigone has nothing to do with feminism
  as we now know it. It is an anachronism to import such readings into a classic text. Having said that, there
  may be some students who have a prejudice against western civilization and the Greek classics. This may
  help them to get started, because it is a positive portrayal of a female character. Antigone and her sister
  Ismene are the daughters of the famous Oedipus. Although Antigone takes place after Oedipus Rex, it was
  actually written before the "prequel". King Creon prohibited her brother from being buried. Out of duty
  to the higher law of the gods and loyalty to family, she must bury her brother.
• Buy the student edition! It is cheaper than the others and I bet it contains nearly all the same content. Easy to understand, thoughtful read, albeit a bit short. It contains some philosophical questions leaving the reader to answer. It moves at a good pace and is clear, there's not a whole lot of hidden messages. Although I purchased this for school, it is a play that I will probably re-read and "get something out of". The only thing is that the picture on the cover on my book is different from the one advertised, so -1 star for that. It's a good read for someone who is newly interested in plays and dramas.
• Very useful prefatory comments and probably the English translation truest to the French original. This version maintains the ambiguity that Anouilh seems to have intended. It thus goes far beyond any simple celebration of "resistance," and leaves us with more questions than answers. Excellent book.
• There are many ways you could analyze or interpret this book. I really enjoyed it especially since it is so old and we still have some of these same problems today. The use of dialogue is genius and the characters are amazingly well developed in this short play. I personally enjoyed the feminism and how misogyny was not favored by the masses. It was a well written piece and I only wish that we had been able to recover more of Sophocles works.
• Easy read, the translation is simple enough to get through this in an hour. Read it for a class but would recommend the story overall.
• Haha my 11 year old said to her sister, hey sisyour book anti- gone came in!
• I am familiar with the and partual to this drama, yet found the translation difficult. It it may be true to the original, but is far from our venecular.
• Version is awful. It formats everything so weird...and reformats it when you are looking for a specific line. You never know where you're at in the book.