Literary Analysis Data Sheet page 1

AP English Lit/Mr. Kirby Name: Jeffery Regan

LITERARY ANALYSIS DATA SHEET

Characters

Record information for each significant major character in the work

Name

/ Role in the story / Significance or Purpose / Adjectives
Antigone
Creon
The Chorus
The Guards
Ismene
Nurse
Haemon
Messenger
Page
Eurydice / Tragic heroine
Antigone’s Uncle and ruling king of the time
Spectators, inhabitants of Thebes, and also narrator. Along with dancers, singers, and the death messenger
Subjects of Creon that help maintain the law and his will among the people when things are good
Antigone’s sister that follows Creon’s laws and is Antigone’s foil
Provides the maternal nature that Antigone needs
Antigone’s fiancé and Creon’s son
Announcer of death
Creon’s attendant
Creon’s wife / She is the one that is willing to give her life up in order to bury another person that the ruling power refuses to bury and leads to her being shunned in the community and being executed.
The king left with the burden of the throne that just wants to keep peace and order, but when his niece, Antigone, defies the law and the state demands she be executed is put in a position to suffer at putting his own family up for execution setting up the tragedy.
The Chorus frames the play with a prologue and epilogue, introducing the action and characters under the sign of fatality.
Truly spectators from another angle, but also help Creon carry out his will and are not affected by the tragedy at all in any way.
Attempts to persuade Antigone of not committing the actions she commits and desires to die with Antigone, but is refused, which changes her completely
Her nature brings Antigone back to her girlhood and helps her with her worries like a mother would, so she could be called Antigone’s mother figure.
Is put between the two people that matters most two him, Antigone and Creon, and in the end he chooses Antigone and follows her demise.
Truly is a part of the chorus in general, but announces the death of characters.
The Page is a figure of young innocence. He sees all, understands nothing, and is no help to anyone, but could become either of the main characters.
Plays no significant role, but in the end her suicide leaves Creon dreading his actions for it left him entirely alone. / scrawny, sallow, withdrawn, and boyish
Weary, old, stressed, dedicated, and practical
Narrator and interceder
Interpolations, untrustworthy, and mindless
Loyal, good girl, obedient, and reasonable
Fussy, affectionate, caring, and reassuring
Young, irresponsible, and unhappy
Pale and solitary and in some sense menacing
Innocent, unaware, and ignorant
Kind, helpful, and maternal in a way towards Creon