Question

In what way does William Butler Yeats’s poem “From the ‘Antigone’” parallel Sophocles’s Antigone? A. The speaker in the poem, and the chorus in the play, lament noble Antigone's terrible fate. B. Like the play, the poem has Ismene trying to dissuade Antigone from defying Creon. C. The poem and play both describe the moment when Haemon and Eurydice perish. D. The end of the poem shows Creon reduced to a lonely, decrepit man, as does the play.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is A)

Explanation:

The speaker in the poem, as well as the chorus in the play, lament noble Antigone's terrible fate. In this poem, "Yeats" is adapted the Eros chorus from the Antigone. He not only explained love and how powerful it could be but also explained the power of fate and destiny, which is a topic of discussion in the original Antigone by Sophocles.