Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. But my two poor daughters have never known my dining table placed away from them Which sentence best represents the figurative meaning of this excerpt? My daughters are poor but independent. My daughters are used to not eating at my dining table. My daughters have never been without my protection and support. My daughters are very picky eaters.

Answer 1

The answer is the third option. “My daughters have never been without my protection and support.”

Answer 2

Answer: The right answer is "My daughters have never been without my protection and support."

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that in this excerpt from Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus, who is about to depart, is asking his brother-in-law Creon to take her of his two daughters, since, unlike his sons who are already men, they have never been left on their own and Oedipus has always provided for them (he has never denied them food by "placing the dining table away from them"), so he is very concerned about them and wants to make sure that they will continue to have the protection and support that they have always had.