A learning. k12.com 3.07 Quiz: Enduring Truths 3
Read these lines from Antigone.
How does this excerpt help to develop the plot and establish the
theme that "pride goes before a fall?"
TERESIAS DO you want to buy me now, Creon? Not many
days
And your house will be full of men and women weeping
And curses will be hurled at you from tar
Obes grieving for sons unburied left to rot
Before the walls of Thebes.
It reflects the fact that Teiresias knows Creon will
never listen to good advice, which shows that Creon's
downfall is a type of curse.
It develops the idea that Teiresias knows Creon will
execute him, too, which will cause Creon to become
hated by the people of Thebes.
It shows that Creon's downfall will come because he
could not buy Teiresias's loyalty, so people will laugh
at Creon
It shows that Creon will become hated as a result of
his ego at refusing to change course.