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n_binversie99's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
throb_thomas's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
5.0
ichirofakename's review against another edition
3.0
Yet ANOTHER Seven Against Thebes. Digs deep into the personal tragedy.
maryska's review against another edition
4.0
More about 3.5 stars,
for it felt like a text book rather than a precious piece of art.
for it felt like a text book rather than a precious piece of art.
kathryn1776's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rpmiller's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoy most anything to do with ancient Greece. In this story, the idea that ten surviving sown men (soldiers grown from a serpent's teeth that Kadmos, after slaying the beast, scattered on the ground) are the forbears of the Theban people is interesting, although a minor point. The gods, fate included, and prophet Teiresais play their parts in the final destruction of Oedipus and his family.
sebseb's review against another edition
4.0
1) i can't not love anything written about this family
2) having the titular chorus as foreign slaves is a fab way of putting the audience outside the two warring sides (i.e. outside the two brothers' claims to sovereignty), but also of trapping us inside the besieged city
3) finally something where Teiresias is the self-important shit-stirrer we always knew he was
4) unexpected switch to Tei + Creon + Menoeceus sub-plot was best bit
5) where's Ismene?? that girl needs her own play
5) doesn't really connect to "universal" stuff in the way we expect greeks to, instead everything seems underpinned by Ares and Dionysus and the Sphinx - more mystical than revelatory i guess? if there are truths here then they're probably only relevant to contemporary Athenian politics and war and theatre, which is cool
6) 8/10 would be besieged by Argives again
2) having the titular chorus as foreign slaves is a fab way of putting the audience outside the two warring sides (i.e. outside the two brothers' claims to sovereignty), but also of trapping us inside the besieged city
3) finally something where Teiresias is the self-important shit-stirrer we always knew he was
4) unexpected switch to Tei + Creon + Menoeceus sub-plot was best bit
5) where's Ismene?? that girl needs her own play
5) doesn't really connect to "universal" stuff in the way we expect greeks to, instead everything seems underpinned by Ares and Dionysus and the Sphinx - more mystical than revelatory i guess? if there are truths here then they're probably only relevant to contemporary Athenian politics and war and theatre, which is cool
6) 8/10 would be besieged by Argives again
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