Antigone · Character
Messenger
A herald who reports offstage deaths and tragic events to the chorus.
minor
Also known as Enter Messenger, Second Messenger
First appearance: antigone
Messenger's tie to Creon is one of the pressures that moves Antigone—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Creon (professional): The Messenger serves Creon, delivering news and reports, often bearing tragic tidings. With Fate (psychological): The Messenger often acts as an agent of fate, delivering news that seals the…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Psychological
- Social
Character groups
- Divine and mortal forces
- Protagonist
- Tragic family legacy
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- Creon
professional · ambivalent
The Messenger serves Creon, delivering news and reports, often bearing tragic tidings. How this plays out →
- Fate
psychological · negative
- Antigone
social · negative
- Zeus
professional · ambivalent
- Creon
professional · ambivalent
The Messenger serves Creon, delivering news and reports, often bearing tragic tidings. How this plays out →
- Fate
psychological · negative
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See Messenger in antigone