Need fast pleeease.
how does this passage reflect gender roles in this
society?
read the passage from "the royal house of thebes."
after jocasta's death and all the evils that came with it,
oedipus lived on in thebes while his children were
growing up. he had two sons, polyneices and eteocles,
and two daughters, antigone and ismene. they were very
unfortunate young people, but they were far from being
monsters all would shudder to look at, as the oracle had
told oedipus. the two lads were well liked by the thebans
and the two girls were as good daughters as a man could
have
o men lead, while women support them.
o women lead, while men support them.
o men resign the throne, and women take their place.
o women resign the throne, and men take their place.
oedipus of course resigned the throne. polyneices, the
elder son, did the same. the thebans felt that this was
wise because of the terrible position of the family, and
they accepted creon, jocasta's brother, as the regent. for
many years they treated oedipus with kindness, but at
last they decided to expel him from the city. what induced
them to do this is not known, but creon urged it and
mark this and return
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