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Antigone
Characters-
Antigone: the daughter of King Oedipus who goes against Creon and buys her brother and is then sent to her death.
Haemon: Creon’s son; Antigone’s bridegroom; He kills himself, after discovering Antigone’s dead body
Creon: Antigone's uncle who is king of Thebes
Eurydice: Creon’s wife (kills herself)
Ismene: Antigone’s sister
Sentry: The guard who protects Polyneices Polyneices: Antigone’s “traitor” brother
Eteocles: Antigone “honorable” brother
Teiresias: blind prophet
Setting- Ancient Greece, in a disaster prone city of Thebes

Point of View- The three points of view in the play 'Antigone' are from the main character, Antigone, Creon, and the chorus.

Plot events- Antigone finds out that her brothers are dead. Eteocles …show more content…

Joe Gargery- a kind blacksmith, who is Pip’s adoptive father.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubble- simple people from Pip's village.
Uncle Pumblechook- Joe's uncle, technically upper class however, he is actually a idiot.
Mr. Wopsle's great aunt- runs the school in town
Biddy- a girl Pip's age who works for Mr. Wopsle's great aunt at the school.
Miss Havisham- a strange lady who never gets out of her bridal gown.
Estella- Miss Havisham's adopted daughter, Pip is in love with her Setting- takes place in 19th century England
Point of View- Great Expectations is in the first person, Pip's point of view, as a flash back and telling his life story.
Plot events-
Pip goes over his life story from his childhood to how he grows up to becoming a young man. Pip falls in love with Estella. After that everything Pip does in his life is for Estella and only her. Pip receives a fortune from a secret donor to pursue an education, he then continues to obtain wealth, success and high social class in the hopes of earning the love of Estella.
Motifs and Symbols-
The rising mists
Miss Havisham's shoe and wedding dress
The Satis House
Miss Havisham's garden
The stopped clocks
Bentley Drummle and the stopped clocks
Light and darkness
Locks and keys
Bugs and

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