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“No one shall bury him, no one mourn for him…” In this sentence, the word mourn means -

Read the following lines: “They say that Creon has sworn/ No one shall bury him, no one mourn for him, / But this body must lie in the fields, a sweet treasure/ For carrion birds to find as they search for food./That is what they say, and our good Creon is coming here/ To announce it publically; and the penalty- / Stoning to death in the public square.” The author’s purpose in including this statement is to —

Which of the following lines suggests that Antigone is willing to die for a moral cause?

Which of the following lines suggests that Ismene is more loyal to Creon than to her family?

“Leave me to my foolish plan: / I am not afraid of the danger; if it means death, / It will not be the worst of deaths- death without honor.” The tone of this line can best be described as -