Overview
Character Name
Ismene
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Thebes, Greece, Present Day
Analysis
Ismene is a teenage girl and Antigone’s older sister. Their parents, Oedipus and Jocasta, were the king and queen of Thebes. After discovering that Jocasta was his mother, Oedipus gouged his eyes out, and Jocasta hung herself. The night before the play begins, their
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