Antigone is a tragic character cursed by a family tragedy that will be passed on to every member. Her line has perished,therefore so will she. She cannot escape her destiny and in that sense she provokes pity in the readers.
The t-shirt that they give only to people who finish is a big reason that so many people take up the challenging race.
This paraphrase presents the same information as in the sentence, but since it should be a bit more of a summary, it takes out the specific detail of how many people actually run the race, which can just be paraphrased into 'so many'.
It can be
1+1=2
0+2=2
or some of these kind of pairs.
Hope that this all helps you!=)
The answer is C. Marian retrieves her apple from under the bush.
