"Oedipus the King" and "Antigone"

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"This study will examine the depiction of the character Creon in the two plays by Sophocles, Oedipus the King and Antigone. The study will argue that the portrayals of Creon in the two plays offer up serious contradictions, but in fact these are not contradictions but merely parts of a developing character.

The Creon in Oedipus the King is a far more sympathetic character than the Creon of Antigone. If we can assume---and we can do so fairly and accurately in this case---that the character did not undergo some revolutionary transformation internally in the period between the two plays, then we can conclude that he was affected by external circumstances. And, in fact, that is precisely what occurred. The major difference between the plays, with respect to the development of Creon, is that in the first play, Oedipus the King, Creon is not a powerful individual, at ..."

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