In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone is aware of the deadly consequences of burying her brother Polyneices against the king’s orde
r. Yet she goes forward with it anyway because she can’t bear to let her brother's corpse rot and serve as food for scavenging birds. What theme of the play does her action reflect?
Antigone's decision to bury his brother even against the King's order supported the theme of civil law versus morality. Antigone dared to disobey the King's order in order to save the memories of her brother for further humiliation and degradation.
IThe metaphor affects the meaning in the sense that it is not at all helping the other features in showing positive emotions. In this case the feelings are not so positive. the author says that the moon is quiet, dark and it is tattoo on the sea. The author is showing that moon is acting differently. The moon becomes the spoiler of the scene.
