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Electro is a circa 420-410 BCE play by Sophocles translated in 1870 by R.C. Jebb. Electra, who is in mourning for her dead father and her long- absent brother, is aware of the intensity of her grief but believes it to be justified: __ Which quotation from Electra most effectively illustrates the claim? Choose 1 answer: A "O thou pure sunlight,and thou air, earth's canopy, how often have ye heard the strains of my lament,the wild blows dealt against this bleeding breast., when dark night fails!" B "I know my own passion, it escapes me not; but, seeing that the causes are so dire will never curb these frenzied plaints, while life is in me." C "Send to me my brother; for I have no more the strength to bear up alone against the load of grief that weighs me down."

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Electro is a circa 420-410 BCE play by Sophocles translated in 1870 by R.C. Jebb. Electra, who is in mourning for her dead father and her long- absent brother, is aware of the intensity of her grief but believes it to be justified: __ Which quotation from Electra most effectively illustrates the claim? Choose 1 answer: A "O thou pure sunlight,and thou air, earth's canopy, how often have ye heard the strains of my lament,the wild blows dealt against this bleeding breast., when dark night fails!" B "I know my own passion, it escapes me not; but, seeing that the causes are so dire will never curb these frenzied plaints, while life is in me." C "Send to me my brother; for I have no more the strength to bear up alone against the load of grief that weighs me down."

Electro is a circa 420-410 BCE play by Sophocles translated in 1870 by
R.C. Jebb. Electra, who is in mourning for her dead father and her long-
absent brother, is aware of the intensity of her grief but believes it to be
justified: __
Which quotation from Electra most effectively illustrates the claim?
Choose 1 answer:
A "O thou pure sunlight,and thou air, earth's canopy, how often
have ye heard the strains of my lament,the wild blows dealt
against this bleeding breast., when dark night fails!"
B "I know my own passion, it escapes me not; but, seeing that the
causes are so dire will never curb these frenzied plaints, while life
is in me."
C "Send to me my brother; for I have no more the strength to bear
up alone against the load of grief that weighs me down."

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(B) "I know my own passion, it escapes me not; but, seeing that the causes are so dire, will never curb these frenzied plaints, while life is in me".
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