The governing metaphor in this passage compares the moment when Antigone is caught burying her brother to a hunt. It describes how Antigone is a wild bird and how the Sentry are killers closing in. This particular metaphor reveals that Antigone's character is very proud. "Soon as we saw/ we rushed her, closed on the kill like hunters,/and she, she didn't flinch. We interrogated her,/ charging her with offenses past and present-/ she stood up to it all, denied nothing." (page 81). Even after she was caught by the Sentry, she could have denied everything, avoiding trouble and the consequences. Because she is content and gratified with the actions that she took to bury her brother, she didn't back down when she was caught. This moment is significant to her character development because throughout the majority of the story, Antigone is a strong, free-willed woman, but at the end of the story, we see the strong side of her break when she finally comprehends that she is going to die. Then she has a complete breakdown and finally kills herself instead of being forcibly killed. One of the main themes being power, this moment is also significant to the development of this theme because it defines Antigone's individual power and the city's overall power over her.
-Sydney Belcher
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