Question

The Greek chorus in Antigone not only comments on the action of the play and relays background information, but it also gives the audience a sense of the relationship between Creon and his subjects. Select the excerpt that shows the chorus’s insight into Creon’s effect on his subjects. CHORUS Each left behind his armor bright, Trophy for Zeus who turns the fight; Save two alone, that ill-starred pair One mother to one father bare, Who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other Drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother. . . . CHORUS God of Thebes, lead thou the round. Bacchus, shaker of the ground! Let us end our revels here; Lo! Creon our new lord draws near, Crowned by this strange chance, our king. What, I marvel, pondering? . . . CHORUS Son of Menoeceus, thus thou will'st to deal With him who loathed and him who loved our State. Thy word is law; thou canst dispose of us The living, as thou will'st, as of the dead. . . . CHORUS What strange vision meets my eyes, Fills me with a wild surprise? Sure I know her, sure 'tis she, The maid Antigone. Hapless child of hapless sire . . .

Answer 1

The correct answer is this passage:
CHORUS God of Thebes, lead thou the round. Bacchus, shaker of the ground! Let us end our revels here; Lo! Creon our new lord draws near, Crowned by this strange chance, our king. What, I marvel, pondering? . . .


Here the chorus says that they will "end the revels" which means: stop feeling happy, stop the festivities, become unhappy, because Creon is coming.

This shows that they have a negative attitude to him and perhaps fear him.

Answer 2

Answer:

CHORUS Son of Menoeceus, thus thou will'st to deal With him who loathed and him who loved our State. Thy word is law; thou canst dispose of us The living, as thou will'st, as of the dead. . . .

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