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by Sophocles, Michael Sheen
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theatreloverslittlebooknook
theatreloverslittlebooknook rated it 6 years ago
good for a classic didn't see the ending coming read for my theatre history class
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
This play is so messed up that a part of me says that it has to be based on true events. It is sort of like one of the arguments that people use regarding the authenticity of the Bible: every character (with the exception of Jesus Christ) is so flawed that one cannot consider that the stories have b...
M. A. Phipps
M. A. Phipps rated it 9 years ago
Read this in high school. Was too disturbed by the content to really enjoy it. It was definitely interesting but not something I'd ever choose to read again.
Meandering Em's
Meandering Em's rated it 10 years ago
I have a wonderful translation of Oedipus Rex that is readable and understandable. I loved both the story and the way it was translated into a spell-bounding drama. Oedipus is the king of Thebes, a great and wise ruler. However, his parentage is unknown. When Thebes begins to suffer famine, the o...
Cassandra Reads
Cassandra Reads rated it 11 years ago
This wasn't as long as I thought it was. I got this audiobook from the library and listened to it with the Overdrive software. It was only 2 parts, both of which were about one hour long. The second part only had about 20 min of book audio and the rest was the production info (which I didn't listen ...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 11 years ago
Greek drama was considerably shorter than later theatre. Oedipus Rex is about the moment where Oedipus comes to discover his dreadful story. The tragedy is that his desire for knowledge causes him to discover that he has fulfilled the prophecy that he will murder his father and marry his mother. ...
TheBookofJules
TheBookofJules rated it 11 years ago
Free will does not exist.At least, according to Sophocles it doesn't. Take Oedipus Rex as a perfect example, he hears an oracle predicting his future, a future so horrible that he cannot bear the thought of it. So he packs his bags and leaves his father and mother for fear of killing one and sleep...
Thalia @ Pictures in the Words
Thalia @ Pictures in the Words rated it 11 years ago
If you don’t already know the plot of Oedipus Rex, don’t shudder at the description! It sounds kind of crazy and weird, and honestly it is, but Sophocles really has done an amazing job with this. Despite everything about this play that isn’t realistic in our society, it’s presented in such a way tha...
Level up!
Level up! rated it 12 years ago
hmm... what to say...This may be a fine example of literary history's first use of foreshadowing... but by modern standards, the foreshadowing was a bit heavy.Once you understand the basics of oedipus' story (...you know...), the next several scenes are just the trainwreck in slow motion. This may h...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 12 years ago
Sleek, neat, no-nonsense, and full of believable emotion. This story is well known to me, so it's not like I was blown away by that. What I did not expect was how cleanly this play was written given how full of big emotion and big events it was. It was just so tight! Very fine storytelling and w...
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