Antigone jornal #5: lit tech in Anouilh

1. Foil (Ismene vs. Antigone): Antigone is pointed out from the begining as a different type of person. she is described as somone who was "the first out of bed because she loved the touch of the cold morning air on her barre skin"(12) and is basically represented as a lover of nature and somone who isnt like the other girls in their beauty or manor. Ismene says that other girls and boys stare at her. Ismene is shown as somone who is beautiful, who fears death, and especially somone who always follows orders. this contrast between the two emphasizes eachothers traits, and makes it easyer to predict how each of the people will behave or respond.

2. parallel structure: it is used mainly in two paragraghs. the first describes how creons towns people will react to Antigone burying the body that is forbidden to bury. there is repitition within the sentence of the topic(Ex: "a thousand arms will seize our arms"(12)). it is also used by antigone when she questions haemons love for her, the difference is that the word lying is used constantly as the topic of three questions (ex. "your arms around me arent lying, are they(17)). this is done to make the flow seem more thurough and/or efficient.

3. Simile: there is one example of a similie that has a significant effect on the charicterization of Creon. as the guard speaks to him, "Its nearly the end of night. your eyes are like lead"(21) this is done to not only communicate how heavy his eyes are from being tired, but also how powerful his judgements may be, or his influance(since the guard seems so fearful of what he says or thinks).

4. Moif(night): the motif of night is used to indicate rash or passionate emotion. notice how happy antigone is while happly playing outside in the dark, or how she references night whenever she talks about Haemond, "you did love me that night didnt you? im sure of it!"(17). it is also used as an indicator of passion or rash decision making(in a negitive way in addition to a positive), "stronger than any nightmare, stronger than the shadow of the cupboard that used to snarl at me"(14). darkness is used specifically to communicate night as she vividly describes her passions. this is done in order to serve as a forshadowing as to how her passions may lead her into darkness or death.