The excerpts from "The Royal House of Thebes" and "The Story of a Warrior Queen" are similar because both express the theme that women are as capable as men.
Both stories present the idea that <u>women are as fearless and determined as men</u>.<u> Antigone and Boadicea are two female characters that are convinced of what they want and they know how to reach it</u>. Furthermore, they are both tragic heroines. In "The Royal House of Thebes", Antigone sacrifices her own life by disobeying Creon and burying Polyneices, her brother. Moreover, in "The Story of a Warrior Queen", Boadicea, the great queen, decides to poison herself before being attacked by her biggest enemies: the Romans.
<span>Well, it allowed them to garrison more troops there which led to an increase in slave commerce for the Portuguese traders. </span>
A. <span>a. to inform readers based on Tan’s childhood experience
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