Based on what we know of the play, Oedipus the King, which of the following lines is ironic? OEDIPUS: What feeling brings you to me – fear or desire? OEDIPUS: But when he comes, I'll be a wicked man if I do not act on all the god reveals OEDIPUS: My royal kinsman, child of Menoeceus, what message from the god do you bring us? OEDIPUS: As quickly as you can stand up from these altar steps and take your suppliant branches.

But when he comes, I'll be a wicked man if I do not act on all the god reveals

Explanation:

Based on what is known of the play, Oedipus is a stubborn man who refused to do the wishes of the oracle so the line that would best portray irony is the line that he says he'll be a wicked man if he does not act on what the god reveals.

Eventually, according to his fate, King Oedipus refuses to do the wishes of the oracle.

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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