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This is the first 1,000 characters of 919 words (3.68 pages) in the essay titled CompareContrast Creon and Oedipus Compare/contrast Oedipus and Creon as LeadersIn the plays Oedipus of Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon exert similar characteristics as leaders that ultimately result in their characterization as tragic heroes. Their overbearing determination, relentless pride, uncontrollable fate, and enormous grievances all portray the inevitable outcome. Sophocles writes that the characters in the plays are chasten not because of something they had done in the past but merely it is their fate. Oedipus and Creon can not stop their fate no matter what great lengths they go to. Revealing that catharsis is created when the audience has pity or fear when they see that bad things can happen to good people. For this purpose, neither Oedipus nor Creon where good leaders because both were hypocritical tragic heroes. Initially, both Oedipus and Creon exert an overbearing determination that can be the tragic flaw that destroys their lives. However, both have contrasting motives. Oedipus was determined to find the killer of King Laius saying, As for the criminal, I pray to God- whether it be a lurking thief, or one of a number- I pray that that man s life be consumed in evil and wretchedness and as for me this curse applies no less… (World Lit 316). Creon s motive of determination was not to back down from his word and law. The law was whoever buries Polyneices would be publicly stoned to death, since Polyneices didn t deserve a proper burial for his actions in war. ... |
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Keywords: creon, antigone by sophocles, oedipus, tragic heroes, ironically, catharsis, hypocritical, fate, determination, tragic flaw, good leaders, inevitable outcome, world lit, heart breaks, western literature, pray to god, compare contrast, comparecontrast, proper burial, great lengths