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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Antigone | Antigone is the idealistic younger daughter of Oedipus, the late king of Thebes, and the niece of Creon, the current king. Read More |
| Creon | Creon is the recently appointed king of Thebes, following the deaths in battle of his two warring nephews, Eteocles and Polynices. Read More |
| Chorus | The Chorus, played by one actor, serves as the audience's guide and also, later, as Creon's conscience. Read More |
| Ismene | Antigone's older sister, Ismene is afraid to defy Creon's prohibition against burying Polynices, although she eventually decides she will. Read More |
| Haemon | Haemon is Creon's son and is engaged to Antigone. Read More |
| Nurse | The nurse has been Antigone's primary caretaker since the girl's mother died. Read More |
| Private Jonas | The first guard, Private Jonas catches Antigone burying her brother and later guards her. Read More |
| Eteocles | Eteocles is Antigone's brother who died fighting his brother Polynices in single combat before the play begins; Creon gives him a state funeral, though he later confides that Eteocles was as much a villain as his brother. |
| Eurydice | Creon's wife, Eurydice has no speaking role and is only seen knitting; the Chorus says she is "a good woman, a worthy, loving soul. But she is no help to her husband." She commits suicide on learning of the deaths of Antigone and her son Haemon. |
| Messenger | At the beginning of the play, the Chorus tells us the messenger has had a "premonition of catastrophe." It will be his job at the end of the play to announce the grisly deaths of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. |
| Oedipus | Oedipus, the king of Thebes whose tragic life and death are legendary, is Antigone's father. Creon sees his brother's "stubborn pride" in Antigone's defiance. |
| Page | The page is Creon's young assistant, still a child. |
| Polynices | Antigone's brother has died fighting his brother Eteocles in single combat before the play; he is considered a traitor for refusing to share the throne with his brother and inciting war, so Creon has left his body exposed outside the city walls. |
| Second Guard | Called Binns in some translations, the second guard shares duty with Jonas. |
| Third Guard | Called Snout in some translations, the third guard shares his duties with the other guards. |
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