Question

Which mood is created in the audience through Antigone’s lines and situation?

ANTIGONE:
Without lament, without a friend,
and with no marriage song, I’m being led
in this miserable state, along my final road.


Which mood is created in the audience through Antigone’s lines and situation?

A. joy
B. relief
C. pity
D. anger

Answer 1

The mood that is created in the audience through Antigone's lines and situation is C. pity.
We feel sorry for Antigone and everything that has happened to her, although it was sort of her own fault. If she hadn't fought the ruler, she would have survived... maybe.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. pity.

The drama Antigone is written by Sophocles  in a tragic mood to evoke the feelings such as pity and fear within the audience. Allusion is being used towards Hades and Acheron that would create the feeling of pity for Antigone.

When Antigone chose not to obey Creon's law and buried her brother led to her arrest. Creon changed the way of Antigone's execution from being stoned to death he would place her in a tomb where she would die eventually.

So these lines quoted by Antigone create a sense of pity for her condition.