Comparing Creons Metamorphosis in Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedi

Creons metabolic process in Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus Temptation is ever pre direct in our society and always has been throughout human history. When a mortal gives into temptation, this is seen as a sign of weakness. Usually, after a person has given into temptation once, that person will find each successive temptation easier and easier to give in to. Before realizing it, this person has changed into a completely false, morally lac tabby being. over the course of Sophocles three plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus, Creon gradually changes from a moral, just king into a morally corrupt and deceptive character. In the opening of the origin Theban play, Oedipus the King, Creon is a neutral character. He informs Oedipus that the urban center of Thebes is suffering from a great sickness, and he even goes to Apollo to acquire information as to how this harass may be stopped. Oedipus proclaims Creons trustworthy nature when he state s I sent Creon,/ my wifes own brother, to Delphi- / Apollo the Prophets oracle-to learn / what I might do or produce to save our city (Lines 81-84). Oedipus later relies on Creon to arrange a coming together with Teirisias, the blind prophet who sees all things and is usually found within the city limits of Thebes. Later on in the play Oedipus accuses Creon of conspiring with Tiresias against Oedipus kingship. It is at this point in the play where Creon serves as the voice of reason and logic. Dodging Oedipus insane accusations, Creon derives at many logical, unarguable explanations in his defense. Creon argues, Who in his right mind would sort of rule And live in anxiety than sleep in stay? Particularly ... ... Ode on Man in Sophocles Antigone. In Sophocles A solicitation of Critical Essays, edited by Thomas Woodard. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Herodotus. The Histories. Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. England Penguin Books, 1972. Jaeger, Werner. Sophocles ascendency of Character Development. In Readings on Sophocles, edited by Don Nardo. San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press, 1997. Segal, Charles. Oedipus at Colonus Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge. New York Twayne Publishers, 1993. Sophocles In Literature of the westerly World, edited by Brian Wilkie and James Hurt. NewYork Macmillan Publishing Co., 1984. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Transl. by F. Storr. http//etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed new? cross=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0&id=SopOedi