# Fate — Antigone character guide

> Fate in Antigone by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-antigone

## Who they are

Personified force of destiny, referenced in choral commentary on human suffering.

## Relationships

### [Creon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/creon)

_psychological_

Creon is tormented by the concept of fate, which he tries to defy but ultimately succumbs to, leading to his ruin.

### [Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/messenger)

_psychological_

The Messenger often acts as an agent of fate, delivering news that seals the characters' tragic destinies.

### [Dryas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/dryas)

_psychological_

Dryas is a minor figure whose fate is intertwined with the larger curse, representing the inescapable doom of the house of Thebes.

### [Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/antigone_se/characters/messenger)

_psychological_

The Messenger often acts as an agent of fate, delivering news that seals the characters' tragic destinies.

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