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Question Choose two lines from the play that most contribute to a tone of hostility. SINON: If you allow it to remain outside your gates, it is said that the Greeks shall return and capture Troy. But, if it is brought inside the city and offered to Athena in her shrine, then the Greeks will continue their journey home. LAOCOON: I fear the Greeks, even those who bear gifts. (In anger he throws a spear against the horse.) Narrator: At that moment, the god Poseidon sends two giant sea serpents to strangle Laocoon and his sons. Cassandra also warns the Trojans. CASSANDRA: I think that there are armed warriors inside this wooden horse. It will be the downfall of our city and the royal family. Narrator: But no one listened to her, because the god Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy in exchange for a promise she never fulfilled, caused her prophecies never to be believed. Responses I think that there are armed warriors inside this wooden horse. It will be the downfall of our city and the royal family. I think that there are armed warriors inside this wooden horse. It will be the downfall of our city and the royal family. I fear the Greeks, even those who bear gifts. (In anger he throws a spear against the horse.) I fear the Greeks, even those who bear gifts. (In anger he throws a spear against the horse.) At that moment, the god Poseidon sends two giant sea serpents to strangle Laocoon and his sons. Cassandra also warns the Trojans. At that moment, the god Poseidon sends two giant sea serpents to strangle Laocoon and his sons. Cassandra also warns the Trojans. But no one listened to her, because the god Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy in exchange for a promise she never fulfilled, caused her prophecies never to be believed. But no one listened to her, because the god Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy in exchange for a promise s

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The two lines from the play that most contribute to a tone of hostility are:

• "I fear the Greeks, even those who bear gifts. (In anger he throws a spear against the horse.)"
• "At that moment, the god Poseidon sends two giant sea serpents to strangle Laocoon and his sons."

How is hostility shown

These lines exhibit a palpable sense of hostility and suspicion among the characters. Laocoon's statement, "I fear the Greeks, even those who bear gifts," expresses distrust and wariness toward the Greeks, portraying a sense of hostility and skepticism despite the offering.

His subsequent action of throwing a spear at the wooden horse emphasizes the intense emotions and suspicion felt by the Trojans.