Anouilh's Antigone, 2

4 Literary Techniques and their Effects (or how they Affect the play)

1. Imagery/Metaphors of Antigone and cute-harmless things: "A little young for what, my kitten" (14). The use of a kitten to describe Antigone is how Anouilh characterizes the nurse and her view of Antigone. It can also be a portrayal of how the city people view Antigone; A harmless little baby, fragile, and cute.
2. Metaphor of Ismene as fruit: "She's like fruit" (17). This metaphor portrays to teh audiance how Antigone views her sister. She compares her to fruit to make her seem sweet, desierable, and beutiful.
3. Parallel Structure: "We love you, we are alive, we need you" (19). Draws atention to Ismene's words and creates a depth and structure to the rebutal of Antigone's desire to bury her brother. Ismene uses the ideas that Antigone's family loves her, that they are smart and still alive, and that they need Antigone, they dont want to live without her. This literary technique is used to get the audiance to sympathize with Ismene's point of view.
4. Metaphor of tragedy and a machine: "The machine is in perfect order; it has been oiled ever since time began, and it runs without friction" (23). The image of a machine in context with the topic of tragedy portrays it as unstoppable, inevittable, and purposful.