To me, Creon is a rather weak man who has been thrust into a position of authority and is afraid he won't be able to handle it. As a result, he doesn't dare reconsider any of his decisions--doing so, he thonks, might make him appear weak and cause his subjects to lose respect for him. So when he orders that Polyneices be left unburied and then orders Antigone to be entombed alive when she's caught violating the order, he can't let himself listen to her or Ismene (mere girls) or to Haemon (sons don't tell their fathers what to do). He even refuses to listen to Teiresias, conveying the displeasure of the gods, until Teiresias has left, but in fact that message offers him a face-saving way out, Surely no one can call him weak for backing down in the face of divine displeasure. Even then, however, he makes the same mistake Teiresias has accused him of: getting things backwards. Teiresias points out that he has buried the living and left the dead unburied, and now, when the chorus advises him to free Antigone and bury Polyneices, he does those two things in reverse order, so that Antigone is left in the tomb to despair while Polyneices is being given a royal funeral, and she hangs herself. At the end, after her suicide has led to that of Haemon and his to that of his mother, Creon must face the fact that his misguided stubbornness has destroyed his personal world.
So,in a nutshell, what's his tragic flaw? In Greek tragedy, it's usually hubris--excessive pride. In Creon's case, that pride takes the form of being afraid to admit that he has made a mistake; and, as usual, it leads to his downfall and drags innocent people down with him.
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D
Explanation:
This sentence is better structured and seems to have the most interesting factors. This would be the perfect hook for an argumentative typed paper/essay. It does seem a little biased, but if you worded it right, it would be a great line.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER NOW AND ALWAYS!✊✊✊✊
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The metaphor is " And sore must be the storm"
The comparison is storm and sore which is hurt
Explanation:
Answer:
A. Death is inescapable; great artistic achievement may persevere and enrich humanity throughout time.
Explanation:
The poem "The Church at Stratford-On-Avon" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a short poem about the speaker's time during his visit to the Church at Stratford-On-Avon. This place is famous for it houses the tomb of the great poet William Shakespeare.
In his poem, Horatio declares how <em>"Time but confirms his empire o'er mankind.</em>" And in the limited time that we all have, the works of great poets like Shakespeare lives on through their works. <em>"[. . . ] the bones of those that once were kings; Their power has passed, and what remains but clay? While in his grave our Shakespeare lives and sings",</em> reminding everyone how influential the great poet and writer was to humanity, touching the lives of generations even today. On the other hand, kings die and kingdoms crumble, and they become dust, becoming one with the land.
Alger tries to <u>express the themes that while death is an inescapable fact, great artistic achievements do persevere and continue to enrich humanity even for generations to come</u>. Thus, the <u>correct answer is option A.
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