Analyzing the cause-and-effect relationships within a text can help us to better evaluate the author’s theme. In thinking about the theme of Antigone , consider the choices each character makes. Antigone buries Polyneices in spite of Creon’s edict. Creon enforces his law in spite of his relationship with his niece. What led them to these actions, and what effect did each of these actions have on the outcome of the drama? What message was Sophocles attempting to convey to the audience? These are the questions you need to consider as you work toward an evaluation of theme. Compose a journal entry evaluating the theme of Antigone . Use the knowledge you have gained from exploring the cause/effect relationships in the play to help defend your evaluation. Include direct quotes from the text to support your arguments.

Hurry 20 mins left! study the timeline of russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of animal farm. "is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. almost overnight we could become rich and free. what then must we do? why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! that is my message to you, comrades: rebellion! " which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage? the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions the 1917 bolshevik revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of lenin the development of the union of soviet socialist republics by lenin in 1922 the collectivization of agriculture by the communist party in russia in 1928