About this title: Antigone defending her integrity and ideals to the death, Oedipus questing for his identity and achieving immortality - these heroic figures have moved playgoers and readers since the fifth century BC. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation conveys all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780195010596ISBN:0195010590
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date published: 2000-01-03
ISBN-13:9780140444254ISBN:0140444254
Description: Good. REPRINT: TWENTY-SIXTH PRINTING: **EX-LIBRARY with all the usual markings** Trade Paperback: Published by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group. Re-enforced Wraps in Excellent condition. Spine smooth; binding tight. Age Tanning. Other than library markings, pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Professionally and securely packaged, with Tracking Number. read more
Edition: 34th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140444254ISBN:0140444254
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 5 X 8 Softcover with gold bracelet on cover; yellow and black background with white lettering. Contains Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus. Translated by Robert Fagles with introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Near Fine condition, nice clean copy. 424 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 12/31/1956
ISBN-13:9780195010596ISBN:0195010590
Description: Fine. 0195010590 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small blue OUP stamp on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Edition: Twentieth Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140444254ISBN:0140444254
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 7 3/4 X 5. Pages are tight and clean without reading wear. Binding firm and straight. Page edges and corners very good+. If needed for reference, research, analysis, dissertation or just enjoyment, this is the one. No conspicuous wear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140444254ISBN:0140444254
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. bright shiny, brand new. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 430 p. Penguin Classics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics, New York
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140444254ISBN:0140444254
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Has a used sticker on spine and on rear. Former owners name on inside of cover. 430 pages. Clean and tight. read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quality Paperback
Date published: 1994
Description: 8vo, 8 " tall. Fine. 430 pages, "Sophoclean drama focuses on characters who refuse to accept limitations imposed by either humans or gods..." Trans by Robert Fagles. read more
Main Characters in the Text: Oedipus- The protagonist of Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus the king -Jocasta - Oedipus's wife and mother, and Creon's sister. Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Creon - Oedipus's brother-in-law Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Antigone - Child of Oedipus and Jocasta Oedipus the king, Antigone-Tiresias - the blind seer of Thebes
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Play
Setting:
Action of the work or the sequence of events (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work and only include the most important events): Thebes, where the curse occurs Corinth, Oedipus 2nd home Colonus- where Oedipus lives after he is kicked out from Thebes The cave, where Antigone hangs herself
Themes: fate/pre-ordinance divine law cycle of life and death nexus of the past, present, and future
Symbols/Motifs: Willing to ignore the truth Sight and blindness
Overaching idea of the the essay you completed on this work:
Personal feelings/understanding of the text (what did you like/dislike? Why?): In Antigone I liked how Antigone risked her life to give her brother a proper burial. She shows how family is important and she knows the consequences of giving him a burial. In Antigone I disliked how Antigone hanged herself and then Creons son came to rescue Antigone, but she was already dead. It reminds me of romeo and Juliet and it is a sad ending"
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