Probably a. personification since the other answers don't make sense. Also the "blood" is given a human quality to "approve" which is what personification is defined by.
I think its C. Stated in the Rules clearly, not to do something and yet disobey. So face the music.
To show different stages of life as they move on with time for example you don’t turn 5 and then 27. It’s to organize the stages of life and dates and times. Because biographies are about a persons life and how they grew up or came to fame so putting it in chronological order would help organize the historical events of that persons life. I think but I could be wrong.
It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, based on the given lines above, the literary device that Sophocles uses in these lines to keep the audience interested is DRAMATIC IRONY. Hope this helps.
No because the reason for killing them is just for being envious and wanting the power of the crown that Caesar held