Answer and Explanation:
Creon believed that Polyneices tried to attack his own country and kingdom to which he was chosen by the gods to protect and promote progress and not to destroy, as he tried to do. In this case, Creon believed that a traitor to the homeland should not be buried in the soil of that homeland because it would be disrespectful to all who strive and love the country.
The Greeks of the time could agree with Creon, as they were extremely nationalistic and considered love and fidelity to their nation as something sacred and deserving fidelity.
mixed emotions toward love in the poem by describing the nymph's attitude using such terms as a. cynical, disbelieving, and guarded. b. amused, wishful. Students could include points similar to the following: a. In the first stanza, the nymph makes a disparaging remark about the truthfulness of shepherds. b. The nymph uses organic images to tell the shepherd the gifts he offers are foolish, unreasonable, and short-lived. c. In the final stanza of the poem, the nymph indicates that she will remain unbending so long as the world is the way it is. d. In the final stanza, she also reveals a more generous attitude in saying that if things were otherwise, she might have been happy to accept the shepherd's offer. In addition, students could describe the nymph's attitude toward the future as discouraging or serious because a. the images in stanzas 2-5 are all associated with withering, dying, fading, and so on. b. she offers little reason for refusing the shepherd's offer other than that the passage of time discourages dalliance and foolishness.
Real life events. This is because the Alchemist is a novel, and thus a work of fiction. Since it is fiction, it means it cannot have any real life events in the story.
