Creon:
you there—you snake lurking in my house,
sucking out my life’s blood so secretly.
i’d no idea i was nurturing two pests,
who aimed to rise against my throne.
creon speaks these lines to ismene. what does the figurative language reveal about creon’s character?
a-he is paranoid and fearful.
b-he is compassionate and merciful.
c-he is dishonest and greedy.
d-he is weak and passive.

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above