Creon disrespects the gods by refusing to bury Polyneices and by sentencing Antigone to death in the tomb. As a result, Creon loses two people from his own family: Haemon and Eurydice. Which literary device does the passage illustrate?

a. foreshadowing

b. exposition

c. parados

d. tragic irony

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Addyson Henderson

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22 October, 02:12

Creon disrespects the gods by refusing to bury Polyneices and by sentencing Antigone to death in the tomb. As a result, Creon loses two people from his own family: Haemon and Eurydice. Which literary device does the passage illustrate?

a. foreshadowing

b. exposition

c. parados

d. tragic irony

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Rachel Mora · Answer 1

I'd say the correct answer is D) tragic irony. Because all of that happen because of his flaws - had he not been so arrogant and proud, he would have let Antigone give her brother a proper burial, and everything would have been fine. This way, basically everybody apart from him dies.

Creon disrespects the gods by refusing to bury Polyneices and by sentencing Antigone to death in the tomb. As a result, Creon loses two people from his own family: Haemon and Eurydice. Which literary device does the passage illustrate?a. foreshadowingb. expositionc. paradosd. tragic irony

Creon disrespects the gods by refusing to bury Polyneices and by sentencing Antigone to death in the tomb. As a result, Creon loses two people from his own family: Haemon and Eurydice. Which literary device does the passage illustrate?

a. foreshadowing

b. exposition

c. parados

d. tragic irony