| A | B |
| Antigone | Daughter of Oedipus determined to bury brother |
| Ismene | Daughter of Oedipus, afraid to bury brother |
| Creon | Uncle & King, determined to punish |
| Haimon | Antigone's betrothed |
| Teiresias | blind seer |
| Messenger | imparts lots of bad news |
| Eurydice | wife of Creon, hangs self |
| Oedipus | tries to avert fate and falls right into it |
| Boo Radley | neighborhood "spook" |
| Atticus Finch | lawyer, father, hero |
| Jem Finch | his broken arm begins a novel |
| Scout | tomboy narrator |
| Tom Robinson | black man unjustly accused |
| Calpurnia | maid, cook, nanny, & moral guide |
| Aunt Alexandra | her attitudes contrast with those of her brother |
| Bob Ewell | attacks children on Halloween night |
| Mayella Ewell | used by her father to make an unjust case |
| Dill | young friend of Scout and Jem |
| Heck Tate | decides that killer of Bob Ewell should go free |
| Miss Maudie Atkinson | neighbor with a great garden and tastey cakes |
| Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose | her addiction leads to lots of reading |
| Uncle Jack | gives children air rifles for Christmas |
| Gene Forrester | narrator of A Separate Peace |
| Phineas | breaks leg in tragic flaw |
| Mr. Ludsbury | clueless teacher |
| Elwin "Leper" Lepellier | first to enlist in Army |
| Quackenbush | Devon school bully |
| Brinker Hadley | creates "necessary" trial of Gene |
| John Keating | school teacher, urges students to "carpe diem" |
| Neil Perry | Love for drama conflicts with father's wishes |
| Knox Overstreet | In love with Chris |
| Charlie Dalton | His idea to have girls at Welton sabotages the club |