Question

Read the excerpt below from the play Antigone by Sophocles and answer the question that follows.

CHORUS:
Pray for nothing.
There's no release for mortal human beings,
not from events which destiny has set.
Which theme do the Chorus' lines reveal?
A. Divine authority is more powerful than human authority.
B. Human authority is more powerful C. than divine authority.
Human law supersedes the established law of the gods.
D. The gods are immortal, and humans are mortal.

Answer 1

a

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Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Divine authority is more powerful than human authority.

Explanation

In the excerpt from Sophocles' Antigone, the author refers to the fact that destiny is already determined by the gods or divine authorities and suggests that any action that "mortal humans" do will not change in any way "the events which destiny has set". Therefore, the correct answer is A. Divine authority is more powerful than human