Which characteristics of archetypes best describe
Antigone? Select three options.
She lives by her own moral code.
She does something evil.
Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes."
Some hours later, Creon in the palace was startled by a
shout, "Against your orders Polyneices has been
buried." He hurried out to be confronted with the guards
he had set on the dead body and with Antigone. "This girl
buried him," they cried. "We saw her. A thick dust-storm
gave her her chance. When it cleared, the body had
been buried and the girl was making an offering to the
dead." "You knew my edict?" Creon asked. "Yes,"
Antigone replied. "And you transgressed the law?" "Your
law, but not the law of Justice who dwells with the gods,"
Antigone said. "The unwritten laws of heaven are not of
today nor yesterday, but from all time."
She sacrifices herself for her values.
e sacrifices
She teaches people who are younger.
She is forced to make a difficult decision.