Which universal theme is best represented in the excerpt?
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."
Children make sacrifices for their parents.
Women can be capable leaders.
Morality outweighs human laws.
Parents make sacrifices for their children.

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.