Hyperbole- "with one desire- / to burn them roof to roots" (224-225). Creon exagerates Plynices's goal to destroy the town in order to have him seen as a savage.
Symbol- "My countrymen, / the ship of state is safe" (179-180). Creon compares the city to a ship that was caught in a storm but has gone through it and is safe again. Sophocles also uses the same image in Oedipus the King.
Personification- "Rough talk flew thick and fast" (295). This shows how chaotic things were that was spread at the notice of Polynesius's burial. it shows how outrageous it was to commit an act like this.
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