The opening scene in <em>Antigone</em> between Antigone and Ismene sparks the play's action (A.) by revealing Antigone's plan of burying her brother against the king's orders.
Sophocles' play<em> Antigone </em>starts with a dialogue between Antigone and her sister Ismene, where<u> Antigone tells her that she is determined to bury Polynices</u>, their brother, despite Creon's orders<u>. Ismene tells her sister that she will not help her to bury him and tries to convince Antigone to respect the law because</u> Creon had ordered to condemn to death to anyone that dared to bury Polynices since he had been a 'traitor'. Therefore, while Ismene is submissive to the king, <u>Antigone decides to break the law and pay obedience to a higher religious law instead</u>.
Answer:
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Explanation:
The poem opens with an oxymoron - the speaker calls self Nobody. Note the capital N that would refer to it being a proper noun. Same as if you were to list your name... It also uses figurative imagery. Read about how "Somebody" is like a frog. Frogs are loud and they croak loud. This is a lyric. It is about her own reclusive personality. Rhythm uses dashes and a simile to describe herself.
Note: She uses simile, hyperbole - exaggeration, allusion, and the idiosyncratic punctuation that includes the dashes.
I am almost positive the answer is stasis.
