*historical context:

a. pertains only to the author's time and place

b. refers to the way time and place affect a story

c. pertains only to the character's time and place

d. is a form of note taking about time and place in fiction

How does the play resolve the conflict between conscience and law? creon acts according to the law, not the conscience of advisors, and is punished. each character chooses familial loyalty over civil obedience and is punished. the deaths of haemon and eurydice fulfill the prophecy. creon sentences antigone to death even though haemon asks him to reconsider.

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.

How did the different childhood homes of doris lessing could have impacted her storytelling?