Shakespeare's important contributions to language should be celebrated by those who research language,
literature, and the arts.
The conventional rule is to take the plural form of the verb when two nouns are joined by the conjunction 'and'. However, there are exceptions. Only then can you break the rule.
When the two nouns refer to one thing only, then you can use the single form. For example: The president and the CEO joins the meeting today. In this example, the president and CEO apply to one person only. Hence, you use the singular form of the verb.
Either, Meroe became very involved in nation trade, or, traders from other lands traveled the Nile to exhchange goods.
What are the answers or do they not give you any choices?
I believe that the lines from Antigone that show a result of Creon's change in fortune, or his peripeteia are:
<em>Thy wife, the mother of thy dead son here,
</em><em>Lies stricken by a fresh inflicted blow.
</em>It shows that both his son and his wife are dead because of his bad decisions.
