Answer to P1 (details to part 2 should be in the comments soon enough)
In the story, Antigone, the protagonist, develops as a result of her statements regarding the death of her brother. She speaks to her sister about burying their brother who was dishonored by Creon, which is how the author develops and introduces the characters to the audience.
Ernest Hemingway and Zora Neale Hurston
I would say the correct answer is that the insane live in a reality of their own.
The protagonist of the story wasn't always insane; however, over time, he grew mad because of his landlord's eye of a vulture. He began seeing things, thinking that the eye made him do crazy things, such as kill the old man. After that, this mad man kept hearing the dead man's heart beating, which is how he revealed his crime to the policemen who came to the house to investigate.
Claim is used when referring to a thesis statement, while thesis is used when referring to an explanatory statement