Which statement summarizes this passage?

chorus leader:
born of one father and one mother, too—
who set their conquering spears against each other
and then both shared a common death.

Two brother killed one another in battle.

Explanation:

The text is taken from the play 'Antigone' written by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, around 441 BC. This is a tragedy play.

In the play, two brothers, namely, Eteocles and Polynices, fight with each other for the throne of Thebes. While fighting they both die. This fight began after Eteocles denied giving up his throne even after when his father,  Oedipus, told him to.

After their death, the new king Creon gives order to bury the corpse of Eteocles with honor and leave the body of Polynices on the battleground to disgrace him.

Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and she decides to bury the body of her brother Polynices in an honorable manner.

So, the statement that best summarizes the passage is 'Two brothers killed one another in battle.'

beginner

government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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