Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Way More Ancienter

From the Goodreads

Antigone
Sophocles

I think that my favorite review of this book was the one that went, "it's like Romeo and Juliet, but way more ancienter."

Antigone is a classic. It has stood the test of nearly 2.5 millennia. Negative reviews on it are just silly. Sure, the language might be a little archaic; but, not everything needs to be written like you're texting your bff, Jill. Antigone shows the age old tension between the law and moral obligation. It shows the tension between trusting your feelings vs. wise counsel. It also shows the common folly of tyranny in any capacity, something that we continue to deal with as humans 2500 years after it was written. This ancienter book still rings relevant today.

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