(1) Every four years, the best soccer players in the world gather to decide which country has the best soccer team in the world. Each time, a different country hosts the tournament, in which 32 countries compete. (2) The players take a break from playing with their regular team so that they can represent their country in the tournament. Winning the World Cup is considered the greatest accomplishment that a soccer player can achieve, so the players always give their maximum effort.
(3) Waving their nation's flag and cheering as loud as possible, fans all across the world make long trips to watch the games. It is a spectacle like no other in sports.

Which of the following sentences would best conclude paragraph 1?
A.
In 2010, Spain won the World Cup, which was played in South Africa.
B.
The World Cup is governed by FIFA, which is based in Switzerland.
C.
It is called the World Cup, and it's one of the biggest sporting events on Earth.
D.
The United States has never won the World Cup, even though it hosted it in 1994.

1. in creon’s first words to the chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the ship of state?   polynices’ invation of the city with foreign armies was the “storms” eteocles and polynices decided to switch the crown every year, but after eteocles’ first year decided not to share it with polynices. polynices joined forces with foreign armies to invade the city and tried to take the crown from his brother, where he and eteocles killed each other   2. examine creon’s opening speech. what are his concerns? how does he feel about the city and its citizens? what are his motivations for banning the burial of polyneices? what would drive creon to place the concerns of the collective citizens over those of his family?   in creon’s opening speech, his concerns are to count on his citizens to rule. in addition, he wanted to give a clear message by not giving a proper burial to polyneices, if creon gave a proper burial to polyneices his people would think that he was an allied to the foreign forces that invaded the city and threatened the peace of his people.   creon placed the concerns of the collective citizens because he has no use for those who put individual concerns over the needs of his people 3. pay attention to creon’s speech at the beginning of the scene. what does creon think someone’s first loyalty should be and what comes second? do you think he is correct under some conditions? do you think he is wrong in some conditions? explain those conditions. creon thinks someone’s first loyalty should be with the concerns of the collective citizens and second comes our individual wants. i think he is correct because true loyalty takes place in the benefits of many not of a few.   4. what news is the sentry reluctant to deliver?   the sentry is reluctant to say that polyneices had a burial. 5. who does the chorus suggest might have done this?   the chorus suggests that the gods have done that 6. what is creon’s reaction and who does creon think is responsible? creon reacted abruptly and thinks it was a man who bribed his guard to bury polyneices