"It seemed endless"? (Sophocles line 469) More like Antigone's devotion is endless.

           The governing metaphor in the passage is that Antigone is like a mother bird who just lost the things she holds dearest, and is the wind storm that is about to turn her  patriaricharchal world upside down. The metaphor reveals that Antigone is a very devoted person to her family and that no matter what she is going to stand up for what she believes to be morally right. In doing that she becomes a martyr to her family and more specifically her brother Polynicies. And in being a martyr she knows what will come down upon her, but she doesn’t care. She will suffer anything just to make sure that her way is brought to light and made just. She also becomes the wind storm in this respect because she is born into a world ruled by men, and sense she does not obey the word of man and defies it, she completely turns the societies view upside down. This is shown when Creon is emotionally distraught after he finds out about Antigone, Haemon, and his wife’s suicide. He wishes he could reverse his mistake of being the one who thinks he’s always right and going for his own will and he wishes he could die as well.

                 This moment is so significant to Antigone’s character development because it very deeply describes her role as a martyr and how it impacts the men of her society.