Syntax In Antigone

In the excerpt from “Antigone” written by Sophocles, Ismene’s tone is able to reveal many things about her character. After being asked to help bury her brother by Antigone, Ismene is left with a major conflict. She could either help Antigone and die, or not help her and have Antigone die. As Ismene does not want to die, she is panicked with this decision, which expresses a frantic tone. Ismene's tone is confirmed when she says, “we know it must stop: but it won’t stop: it will go on rising and rising, like a screaming voice” (Sophocles 1). The syntax of this quote is just one of the ways Ismene’s character is revealed through the tone. The italics used to write “know” shows exaggeration put on the word. As well as that, the repetitiveness