Read the excerpt from "the royal house of thebes."
which universal theme is best represented in the excerpt?
children make sacrifices for their parents.
women can be capable leaders.
morality outweighs human laws.
parents make sacrifices for their children.
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.
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What characteristics show passage 3 to be poetry?

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