Overview
Character Name
Ein Wächter (A Guard/Watchman)
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor
Time & Place
Ancient Thebes, immediately following the civil war between Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polynices
Analysis
The Guard provides important narrative function and occasional grim humor. He reports Polynices’ symbolic burial, brings Antigone before Creon, and nervously delivers unwelcome news. His fear of Creon highlights the king’s severity, while his blunt honesty injects humanity
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