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comparison between oedipus and Creon

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       King Oedipus has anger right beneath his skin, and it takes very little to set that anger free and have Oedipus do something drastic and stupid. The same could be said of Creon as the King in “Antigone.” Oedipus, in his search for the truth, goes to a prophet named Teiresias. At the beginning, Teiresias wouldn’t tell Oedipus the truth that he killed his own father, and because of that Oedipus let his anger control his actions and blames Teiresias himself for the murder. “If you had eyes to see with, I would have said your hand, and yours alone, had done it all.” (Oedipus, pg. 35 of The Theban Plays Penguin Classics.) The conflict eventually escalates to the point where Teiresias tells the truth. Oedipus, of course not believing him, yells and charges the man with insanity.
       In the beginning of “Antigone,” two brothers in line to have the crown had kill each other in a battle, the victor of which would have been king...