Theatre | Sophocle's Antigone Part 1

Question 1

Gentlemen: I have the honor to inform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have
threatened to destroy

Answer 1

Gentlemen: I have the honor to inform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have
threatened to destroy

Question 2

has come safely to harbor at last, guided by the merciful wisdom of Heaven

Answer 2

has come safely to harbor at last, guided by the merciful wisdom of Heaven

Question 3

I have summoned you here this morning because I know that I can depend upon you: your devotion to
King Laius was absolute

Answer 3

I have summoned you here this morning because I know that I can depend upon you: your devotion to
King Laius was absolute

Question 4

you never hesitated in your duty to our late ruler Oedipus; and when Oedipus died, your loyalty was transferred to his children.

Answer 4

you never hesitated in your duty to our late ruler Oedipus; and when Oedipus died, your loyalty was transferred to his children.

Question 5

Unfortunately, as you know, his two sons, the princes Eteocles and Polyneices, have killed each other in battle;

Answer 5

Unfortunately, as you know, his two sons, the princes Eteocles and Polyneices, have killed each other in battle;

Question 6

and I, as the next in blood, have succeeded to the full power of the throne.

Answer 6

and I, as the next in blood, have succeeded to the full power of the throne.