Post by arothenberg9 on Sept 28, 2011 15:59:59 GMT -5
In Scene IV, the natural elements are used to personify the emotions that Antigone is feeling. When Antigone is speaking with the Choragos about being sentenced to death, she says "Good-by the sun that shines on me no longer" (225). The sunlight symbolizes life, therefore the sun not shinning on Antigone shows the lack of hope that she has for life due to Creon’s death sentence. Antigone makes a subsequent reference to the sun, saying "the very light of the sun is cold to me” and that she must now go to her death (227). This may also suggest that, because the sun is controlled by the Gods, the Gods have turned their back on Antigone, deepening Antigone’s hopelessness.
Water is another element used to symbolize what Antigone is feeling. She describes the way "the rain falls endlessly" for Niobe, and relates Niobe and this metaphor to herself, showing her sadness (225). Lastly, Choragos responds to Antigone’s acceptance and pride in her actions by say that her “passionate heart, unyielding, tormented by the same winds” (228). Antigone’s actions and feelings are strongly swayed by her passions, the way that a branch would sway in strong winds. This use of nature to personify emotions also shows the over arching idea that weather and nature is a reflection of what the Gods are feeling, further proving that the God’s have supreme authority over all people.
Water is another element used to symbolize what Antigone is feeling. She describes the way "the rain falls endlessly" for Niobe, and relates Niobe and this metaphor to herself, showing her sadness (225). Lastly, Choragos responds to Antigone’s acceptance and pride in her actions by say that her “passionate heart, unyielding, tormented by the same winds” (228). Antigone’s actions and feelings are strongly swayed by her passions, the way that a branch would sway in strong winds. This use of nature to personify emotions also shows the over arching idea that weather and nature is a reflection of what the Gods are feeling, further proving that the God’s have supreme authority over all people.