Question

olish Language Arts 10 A (Prescriptive)
English
Which archetype do the two passages have in common?
Read the excerpts from The Royal House of Thebes" and "
The Story of a Warrior Queen."
Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her
sister. "I helped do it," she said. But Antigone would not have
that "She had no share in it," she told Creon And she bade
her sister say no more. "Your choice was to live,' she said.
"mine to die."
the warrior
the sage
the villain
the tragic heroine
-"The Royal House of Thebes"
When the Roman soldiers burst in upon them, they found the
great queen dead, with her daughters in her arms
She had poisoned both herself and them, rather than that
they should fall again into the hands of the Romans.
-"The Story of a Warrior Queen"

Answer 1

Answer:

The tragic heroine

Explanation:

In both excerpts, the audience feels an emotional connection with the character. The character performs an act of self-sacrifice in the first excerpt, and in the second excerpt, kills to prevent a worse fate. Both acts are tragic and the audience knows the characters have good intent.