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In direct characterization the author can make physical descriptions of the character, show personality traits, passions and the activities that this character does. This is because in direct characterization, the narrator mentions the characteristics of a character in a completely direct way.
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Because the gods wanted Antigone to complete the ritual, and so they gave here wind. Remember that this is told through the fates, so the gods must have had something to do with it. And through that, Creon´s decree was unjust so they had to do it.
This excerpt might suggest that the world is a place to be observed in contemplation. As regards the words "rising and gliding", it might be said that Whitman used them to portray how the speaker is feeling, maybe he is happy to leave.
