Read the following passage and answer the question.

my children, latest generation born from cadmus, why are you sitting here with wreathed sticks in supplication to me, while the city fills with incense, chants and cries of pain?
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so i have come in person—i, oedipus,
whose fame all men acknowledge.
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i shall assist you willingly in every way.
i would be a hard-hearted man indeed,
if i did not pity suppliants like these.

the phrase “born from cadmus” is an example of

a motif
a patronymic
foreshadowing
irony

Which of the following is not a part of plot? exposition falling action rising action conflict i believe its conflict

7-12 sentences, you should write why you selected that event, provide a summary of that event, the importance of that event in caesar's life and your reaction to that specific event. cute textual evidence is necessary.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death