Read the excerpt below from the play antigone by sophocles and answer the question that follows. antigone: eteocles, they say, has had his burial according to our customary rites, to win him honor with the dead below. why does creon decide to bury eteocles according to custom? eteocles was wealthy. eteocles was loyal to thebes. eteocles was creon's son. eteocles led the rebel army.

I believe the correct answer is: Eteocles was loyal to Thebes.

In Sophocles’ drama “Antigone”, Creon puts the law above everyone, even above his family. Creon is the uncle of Antigone, Ismene and Eteocles and Polyneices. Polyneices claimed the crown and led a rebellion, which is why he was declined the right to be buried. On the other side, Eteocles was loyal Thebes and was granted the right to be buried.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)