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_falling_flower_'s review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
popczyk's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
lottie_1111's review against another edition
3.0
this is just a fan fiction at this point. what do you mean Iphigénie doesn't die ?? What do you mean Achilles loves her ?? and he doesn't care about glory ??
fedeapi's review against another edition
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
lessidisa's review against another edition
3.75
CLYTEMNESTRE.
Auprès de votre époux, ma Fille, je vous laisse.
Seigneur, daignez m'attendre, et ne la point quitter.
À mon perfide époux je cours me présenter.
Il ne soutiendra point la fureur qui m'anime.
Il faudra que Calchas cherche une autre victime.
Ou si je ne vous puis dérober à leurs coups,
Ma fille, ils pourront bien m'immoler avant vous.
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IPHIGÉNIE.
Hélas ! Si vous m'aimez, si pour grâce dernière
Vous daignez d'une amante écouter la prière,
C'est maintenant, Seigneur, qu'il faut me le prouver.
Car enfin ce cruel, que vous allez braver,
Cet ennemi barbare, injuste, sanguinaire,
Songez, quoi qu'il ait fait, songez qu'il est mon père.
Auprès de votre époux, ma Fille, je vous laisse.
Seigneur, daignez m'attendre, et ne la point quitter.
À mon perfide époux je cours me présenter.
Il ne soutiendra point la fureur qui m'anime.
Il faudra que Calchas cherche une autre victime.
Ou si je ne vous puis dérober à leurs coups,
Ma fille, ils pourront bien m'immoler avant vous.
IPHIGÉNIE.
Hélas ! Si vous m'aimez, si pour grâce dernière
Vous daignez d'une amante écouter la prière,
C'est maintenant, Seigneur, qu'il faut me le prouver.
Car enfin ce cruel, que vous allez braver,
Cet ennemi barbare, injuste, sanguinaire,
Songez, quoi qu'il ait fait, songez qu'il est mon père.
ysouillelagrenouille's review against another edition
3.0
Ça aurait été mieux si j'avais compris quelque chose...
eb00kie's review against another edition
2.0
Racine sacrifices the vigour or [a:Euripides|973|Euripides|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1195014632p2/973.jpg]'s play for character development and often comes across as slightly humorous, which is perhaps unintentional in a tragedy. To be quite fair, couplet rhymes and short verses are more common in simple childish poetry (that might be more of a Romanian thing). I read Racine, but what I hear is...
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
On the other hand, this is one of Racine's better works, I think. While it lacks the overbearing pathos of Andromaque and the je ne sais quoi of Euripides, it more closely mirrors themes of jealousy, pettiness, impulsiveness, deceit and justifications. Intentional or not, this play strikes me as distinctly inesthetic and human.
And I did DNF it a five-six of times...
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
On the other hand, this is one of Racine's better works, I think. While it lacks the overbearing pathos of Andromaque and the je ne sais quoi of Euripides, it more closely mirrors themes of jealousy, pettiness, impulsiveness, deceit and justifications. Intentional or not, this play strikes me as distinctly inesthetic and human.
And I did DNF it a five-six of times...
jadeslibrary's review against another edition
2.0
I preferred ‘Phèdre’, I also felt like this one was harder to understand, there would sometime be entire scenes where I wouldn’t even understand what happen so...