| A | B |
|---|
| Antigone | protagonist; headstrong; stubborn; upholds the laws of gods rather than the King's laws |
| Chorus | Theban elders who comment on the actions of the characters in the play |
| Ismene | sister to Antigone; afraid of Creon; not willing to disobey him |
| Creon | King of Thebes; stubborn; narrow-minded |
| Haimon | engaged to Antigone; Creon's son |
| Eurydice | Creon's wife; Haimon's mother |
| Oedipus | former king of Thebes; Antigone's father |
| Laius | Oedipus' father; former king of Thebes |
| Jocaste | former queen of Thebes and Oedipus' mother and later his wife; Antigone's mother |
| Polyneices | oldest son of Oedipus; killed in battle; called a traitor by Creon; Antigone wants to give him a proper burial |
| Eteocles | youngest son of Oedipus; Polyneices killed him in battle; given a proper burial by order of Creon |
| Sentry | soldier who tells Creon that someone has put dust on Polyneices' body |
| Teiresias | blind prophet who predicted future attacks for Thebes |
