Antigone Lit Devices

1.Figurative Language: "I will raise a mound for him, for my dear brother." (63, line 95)
By using the word raise instead of something like lowered, she gives it a positive nuance, reinforcing the idea that giving her dishonored brother a proper burial is the right thing to do. Antigone is contradicting her sister, believing ther is a reason to bury him, and it is to appease the gods. yet again the gods play a significant role in plot.

2.Hyperbole: "great beam of the sun, brightest of all that ever rose on the seven gates of Thebes." (65, lines 117 and 118)
In this the sunrise is exaggerated to be the brigthtest there ever was, though this can't be true. it contrasts the idea that the moon is some enemy of Thebes, seeking to destroy it. By saying the sun is brightest today, they are celebrating beating the night, and the sun is a symbol of victory.

3.Hyperbole: "Ready to take up red-hot iron in our fists," 972, line 300)
the guard is expressing how ready the guards were to take a solemn oath that they did not dtouch the body. this lets the audience see how angry Creon becomes by hering this, and it foreshadows anitogne's tragic fate at the end of the play. Though we don't know the punishment yet, the audience can only imagine how horrific it will be.