Question

Considering the events and characters in the story, how do Policles’s actions advance the story’s plot or theme? How would you describe his interactions with the other characters at the performance?

Answer 1

Policles's actions advance the story's plot by pretending something that he is not. His intentions are to cause trouble between the two tribes and does this by tricking the two tribes that there is a conflict between them. The theme of the story revolves around factions and race.