Anteus

1. Who is speaking?
Death is speaking. Or maybe Antaeus himself, the giant that gained his strength from being in contact with the land.

2. What characterizes the speaker? What is the speaker like?
I think the speaker is evil and dark.

3. To whom is he or she speaking?
I think the speaker is addressing humanity.

4. What is the speaker's emotional state?
I don't think death can have an emotional state, but maybe proud and haughty.

5. Why is he or she speaking?
I think Death is speaking to warn hero's that Death cannot be defeated.

6. What situation is being described?
There isn't really a situation being described. The picture I get is a black clothed god sitting in a cave reflecting to himself.

7. What are the conflicts or tensions in this situation?
One of the major tensions, I think is Death telling all who have tried to escape him that he is inevitable.

8. How is the setting--social situation, physical place, and time--important to the speaker?
I think the speaker is sitting in a deep dark cave, which is important because darkness and dreariness personify death.

9. What ideas does the speaker communicate?
The speaker communicates that death is inevitable, and that try as we puny mortals might, we will never beat it.