Read the excerpt below from the play antigone by sophocles and answer the question that follows. creon: you there—you snake lurking in my house, sucking out my life’s blood so secretly. i’d no idea i was nurturing two pests, who aimed to rise against my throne. creon speaks these lines to ismene. what does the figurative language reveal about creon’s character? he is paranoid and fearful. he is compassionate and merciful. he is dishonest and greedy. he is weak and passive.