Poetry thus makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world; it arrests the vanishing apparitions
which haunt the interlunations of life, and veiling them,
or in language or in form, sends them forth among
mankind, bearing sweet news of kindred joy to those with
whom their sisters abide-abide, because there is no
portal of expression from the caverns of the spirit which
they inhabit into the universe of things. Poetry redeems
from decay the visitations of the divinity in man.
-"A Defence of Poetry,"
Percy Bysshe Shelley

What is the central idea in this part of the essay?

Poetry is the best way to spread news to people
who would not otherwise hear it.
Poetry is useful for communicating religious ideas.
Poetry makes time appear to move more slowly
than it does.
Poetry can preserve life's brief moments of beauty

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.