The answer is: the coward.
In the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes," Ismene is portrayed as the opposite of her sister Antigone, who is the heroine of the story. She is afraid to disobey Creon's order not to give burial to her brother Polyneices, and believes women should not withstand the commandments of powerful men.
A: <span>Both are charming and draw people to them.
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The 'rising action' of a novel is the section of the story after the exposition that builds the story's primary (and secondary) conflicts, advancing the plot. This contrasts with 'falling action', the events that come after a story's climax, leading towards a resolution.
I would say the last sentence shows mockery the best: "Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform." However, there might be others as well, such as: "The low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog."
