Read the following lines:
“They say that Creon has sworn/ No one shall bury him, no one mourn for him, / But this body must lie in the fields, a sweet treasure/ For carrion birds to find as they search for food./That is what they say, and our good Creon is coming here/ To announce it publically; and the penalty- / Stoning to death in the public square.”
The author’s purpose in including this statement is to —