| A | B |
|---|
| Oedipus | King of Thebes |
| Jocasta | Oedipus' wife |
| Creon | Oedipus' brother in Law |
| Teiresias | Blind old prophet |
| priest | sent by the people to ask oedipus to save them from the plague |
| First messenger | brings news thet Oedipus is king |
| Second messenger | tells that Jcasta is dead |
| Herdsman | servant of king laius/ knew secret about baby |
| Chorus of Men | expressed the general views and fears of he community |
| motif | recurring idea or theme |
| allusion | act of alluding or hinting |
| irony | words to express opposite of what one really means |
| epiphany | enlightenment-sudden outburst of meaning |
| apostrophe | symbol used to indicate an ommision of a letter |
| laius | former king who was killed |
