Final answer:
Antigone is sentenced by Creon to be sealed in a rock-hewn chamber with minimal food, facing death by starvation.
Step-by-step explanation:
Sentence of Antigone
In Sophocles' play Antigone, the character Antigone disobeys the edict of Creon, the king of Thebes, by performing burial rites for her brother Polyneices. Despite her justifications that she is obeying eternal moral laws, Creon decides on a harsh punishment for her defiance. Creon sentences Antigone to be immured in a rock-hewn chamber with minimal food, effectively to die either of starvation or loneliness, unless she chooses to take her own life first. This method of punishment was chosen by Creon to avoid direct guilt for her death, overlapping with the option A) Death of starvation.
Antigone's story is central to the play and highlights themes of law, justice, and moral obligations that conflict with human mandates. Her firm stance on what she believes is the moral action, despite the consequences, and Creon's strict adherence to his laws, sets the stage for the tragedy that unfolds.