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A review by eb00kie
Iphigénie (Classiques) by Jean Racine
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...