Antigone SCR 10-11-12

When the crime of burying Polynices is committed, Sentry is the first to be blamed. The governing metaphor of this passage is, "...she cried out a sharp, piercing cry, like a bird come back to an empty nest, peering into its bed, and all the babies are gone." (Sophocles page 80) This metaphor is helpful in revealing how much of a martyr Antigone is. She is being compared to a wild animal because of her reaction and devastation at her hard work being destroyed and disturbed. Antigone does not show any traces of fear for the consequences to come and is only showing her pure anger. "We interrogated her, charging her with offenses past and present- she stood up to it all, denied nothing." (Sophocles page 81) This leads to the point of her character development. There are several indicators of strength in her actions, which proves that she is a round character. A re-occurring theme in the text can be connected to the fate of martyrs as well.