Antigone and Ismene heard with horror what Creon had decided. To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce. She and Antigone were utterly alone. All Thebes was exulting that the man who had brought war upon them should be thus terribly punished. "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,”
Edith Hamilton

What archetype does Antigone represent?

What is the universal theme in this passage?

How does Antigone’s archetype reveal the theme?

Benvolio: part, fools! put up your swords; you know not what you do. [beats down their swords.] enter tybalt. tybalt: what! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? turn thee, benvolio, look upon thy death. benvolio: i do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me. tybalt: what! drawn, and talk of peace? i hate the word, as i hate hell, all montagues, and thee. have at thee, coward! [they fight.] —romeo and juliet, william shakespeare make an inference about the motivation behind each character’s actions in this earlier scene from the play. why does benvolio beat down their swords? a) he wants to be the one to fight b) he is angry that his servant is quarrelling c) he wants there to be peace why does tybalt draw his sword and fight? a) he is motivated by anger at his servants b) he is motivated by hatred of the montegues c) he is motivated by jealousy of benvolio and the awnser is not agressive. just a reminder to yall who put in the word agressive in alot of questions like mine. as the correct awnser