<span>What the Chorus Leader assumes to be the reason for Antigone's decision to go against her king is that she is Oedipus' daughter and she can't help herself because of bitterness. She decided to disobey Creon's orders and wanted to give her brother a proper burial even though he is a traitor to the state. The king didn't want him to be buried, but rather to be left to the dogs to eat him, however, Antigone never wanted to let that happen.</span>
The answer you are looking for is "the object's weight"
"I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's." This refers to the story of Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told a lie. It is from The Adventures of Pinocchio, written by Carlo Collodi.
This place is like a Garden of Eden." - This is a biblical allusion to the "garden of God" in the Book of Genesis.
