Question

read the excerpt from \the royal house of thebes\.
some hours later, creon in the palace was startled by a shout, \against your orders polyneices has been buried.\ he hurried out to be confronted with the guards he had set on the dead body and with antigone. \this girl buried him,\ they cried. \we saw her. a thick dust - storm gave her her chance. when it cleared, the body had been buried and the girl was making an offering to the dead.\ \you knew my edict?\ creon asked. \yes,\ antigone replied. \and you transgressed the law?\ \your law, but not the law of justice who dwells with the gods,\ antigone said. \the unwritten laws of heaven are not of today nor yesterday, but from all time.\
which characteristics of archetypes best describe antigone? select three options.
□ she lives by her own moral code.
□ she does something evil.
□ she sacrifices herself for her values.
□ she teaches people who are younger.
□ she is forced to make a difficult decision.

Explanation:

• "She lives by her own moral code": Antigone defies Creon's orders based on her belief in the "unwritten laws of heaven," showing her own moral stance.
• "She sacrifices herself for her values": By burying Polyneices (against Creon's edict), she is willing to face consequences (as seen in the story's full context, though the excerpt implies her firmness in her action which leads to sacrifice - in the full play she is punished).
• "She is forced to make a difficult decision": Choosing between obeying Creon (a human - made law) and what she sees as a divine/moral law (burying her brother) is a difficult decision.

Answer:

She lives by her own moral code, She sacrifices herself for her values, She is forced to make a difficult decision.