Read the excerpt below from the play antigone by sophocles and answer the question that follows.

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 the speaker’s tone?

the tone is passive.

the tone is resigned.

the tone is accusing.

the tone is desperate.

Read the following passage: sari couldn't believe her bad luck. she had locked her keys in the car. to add fuel to the fire, her cell phone was in the locked car, and she was late for a very important meeting. she knocked on her neighbor's door so that she could ask to use his phone, but he was not not home. what was she to do? what role does the idiom in the passage serve? a. it shows that sari has incredibly bad luck when it comes to work.b. it shows that sari's neighbor was not home either.c. it shows that sari locked her keys in the car.d. it shows that sari's situation was worse than it seemed at first.

Ineed to write a write a 4–5 paragraph compare and contrast essay that addresses how anne frank matures over the course of writing her diary.it's also a compare and contrast essayi just got put into this new class and i don't know if we were supposed to already be reading and the essay is due today and i haven't even started it nor read the book, someone me what do i do

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry