Part A

What inference can be drawn about King Creon's character from Scene 1 of Antigone?


King Creon is incapable of making decisions.

King Creon does not want to be king.

King Creon has no sense of morality.

King Creon values service to the country.
Question 2
Part B

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer in Part A?


"'And death it is; yet money talks, and the wisest
Have sometimes been known to count a few coins too many.'"

"'I swear by God and by the throne of God,
The man who has done this thing shall pay for it!'"

"'That depends on the source. Do you understand me?
A fortune won is often misfortune.'"

"'…Eteocles, who died as a man should die, fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors.'"