Answer and Explanation:
Creon saw Polinices (Antigone's brother) as a traitor because of his union with the foreign and enemy powers of the kingdom. In this case, Creonte believed that a traitor to the homeland at the level of Polinices does not deserve to receive funeral celebrations, as his soul does not deserve eternal rest, but the sadness and anguish of wandering eternally. This is totally different from the opinion of Antíogona, who believes that everyone deserves a funeral celebration that sends the soul to eternal rest, especially someone from the family. For her the family is above anything, for Creonte, however, he is above family ties.
Answer:
Metaphor
Explanation:
Comparing two completely different things without using like or as.
He hung himself because he didn’t want to “shame the earth goddess.” The Igbo community and the entirety of the Umuofian society considered suicide to be one of the worst commitable crimes ever. To kill oneself while touching the ground was considered disrespectful to the earth gods and therefore he hung himself from the trees.
Hope this helped. The book is pretty good, if you have any more questions on it let me know since I just finished reading this for an AP class.
