Comparing the Character of Creon in Oedipus and Antigone :: Oedipus Antigone

equivalence the Character of Creon in Oedipus and AntigoneCreon does not learn a lesson from Oedipus accusatory behavior. sort of he adapts this bad personality trait. Throughout Antigone, he accuses everyone who tries to give him advice of betraying him. Whereas, in Oedipus, he is chimerically accused by Oedipus of trying to take oer the throne. This paper will compare and contrast his behavior and evaluate if he learned anything from one play to the next.Creon was seen in a different place setting in Oedipus compared to his character in Antigone. In Oedipus, he wanted secret code more than to help Oedipus rid the city of whatever plague the gods were hurtle at them. Creon goes to Apollos shrine to find out why the gods are hazardous and then brings Tiresias to help Creon see what has the gods angry. Oedipus does not want to believe the truths Tiresias is copulation him and falsely accuses Creon of plotting against him to become king of Thebes. Creon is so hurt by this that he tells the chorus, This accusation against me by our ruler Oedipus, Its outrageous. (514) By the end of the play, Creon tells Oedipus that Im always as good as my word I dont speak before I think(1520).In Antigone, Creon becomes king of Thebes after Polynices and Eteocles commit fratricide in battle. Antigone commits her offensive activity of reverence(74) by veiling Polynices after a direct order from Creon dictating that everyone submit him on the ground, unburied. Creon first accuses the council of elders of being stupid and old (281) when they suggest that the gods were tooshie Polynices burial. After this, he goes on a tirade against men who purportedly were not happy with his leadership and therefore paid off the watchmen to bury the body. Creon blames the watchman of conceal the body for money and the watchman tells him that, Its terrible when false judgment guides the judge (323). After the Watchman comes back and tells Creon that they found Antigone burying Polynice s body a second time, Creon accuses Antigone of breaking the law. Antigone does not feel she has confused the law because she is obeying laws passed down from the gods and not Creons man-made law. Creon is so angry that soulfulness would disobey his edict that he orders Antigone to be buried alive and that Ismene be put to death also. Ismene had nothing to do with the crime but Creon blames her regardlessly.