1. Metaphor - "It's like a post card, all pink and green and yellow!" (Anouilh, 6)
Anouilh uses this metaphor to show us how beautiful the world can be to such a young mind as that of Antigone's . We envision the beauty of the early morning light touching all the images that Antigone sees. It must be even more beautiful for her this morning as well, knowing how the day will end.
2. Foreshadowing - "Creon will have us put to death!" (Anouilh, 10)
Anouilh shows the foreshadowing of Antigone's death here to make us feel suspense and pity for Antigone. We fear for her and the inevitable end that she will meet tonight. He uses the foreshadowing to make us fear for Antigone.
3. Alliteration - "Willful, wicked girl" (Anouilh, 11)
Anouilh uses alliteration here to reiterate what she says Creon thinks about herself. The repitition of the "w" sound accents how "wicked and willful" she is. She says those words exactly to prove to Ismene and the readers that that really is how Creon feels about her.
4. Personification- "Terrible noonday sun." (Anouilh, 17)
Anouilh uses this personification of the sun in Antigone as a force of nature. He uses her personification as a way of shifting the blame from the tangible action that Antigone takes against Creon, to the forces of fate for her future death.
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