Antigone Anyone?

To break the law or not break the law, that is the question. How far would you be willing to go to bury a dead relative? Would you be willing to risk your own life? Most likely not, but in the case of Antigone, it seemed she had no choice. Sophocles' Antigone is quite an uninteresting read.

Sophacles chose a very dull topic. Whether or not Antigone should bury her dead brother, was basically all the book was about. In every story you read, you will find tragedy and perhaps a choice to be made. There was that, too, but all of this revolved around Antigone burying her dead brother.

In this story, you will feel as if you do not know the characters well enough to really care about what is going on in the story. Who cares if Antigone dies? She disobeyed the law of the king, did she not? What about Hameon? Who even is Hameon besides the son of the king and the lover of Antigone? Did he ever even show that he loved Antigone throughout the play? No.

Also, throughout the play, there is very little change of scenery. In scene one, there is the palace. In scene two, there is the palace. You will feel like you never leave the palace, if you even feel like you are there at all.

I recommend that you do not waste your precious time reading such a ridiculous play. You would be better off sitting and watching the time go by than reading Antigone.