“So long as I am King, no traitor is going to be honored wit…
“So long as I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man.But whoever shows by word and deed that he is on the side of the State — he shall have my respect while he is living, and my reverence when he is dead.”This speech most clearly establishes which of the following as a central conflict in Antigone?
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He gave not of that text a pulled hen, that says that hunters be not holy men.He was not pale like a tormented soul. He loved a fat swan best of any roast.His palfrey was as brown as is a berry.The pilgrim described in this passage is best characterized as which of the following?
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“For six days and six nights the wind blew, the downpour, the tempest and the flood overwhelmed the land.When the seventh day arrived, the tempest, flood and onslaught which had struggled like a woman in labor, blew themselves out.”This passage is drawn from which of the following works?
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“On Mount Nimush the boat ran aground. Mount Nimush held the boat fast and did not let it move.When the seventh day arrived, I released a dove and let it go. The dove went away and came back; no resting place appeared for it, so it returned.”The speaker of this passage is best identified as which of the following?
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“I did not think your edicts strong enough to overrule the unwritten, unshakable traditions.They are not of yesterday or today, but everlasting, though where they came from, none of us can tell.”This passage is spoken by which character, and to whom?
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