Veronica Roth’s dystopian interpretation of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old tragedy is a reminder that human nature is timeless. Sally Addy
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February 1, 2023
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There isn’t much world-building in Veronica Roth’s sci-fi, a sci-fi retelling of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy. Antigone. Then also conspiracy mastermind, the world is not so much. The dusty dystopian city (Thebes in the original, but it’s not clear where it is in the reboot) is all that’s left after a thinly sketched environmental poly crisis turns humanity into an endangered species.
Or, at least, that’s what the reader guesses. Citizens don’t seem to know much about drying…
