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

Creons Metamorphosis in Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus Temptation is ever empower in our society and always has been throughout human history. When a psyche gives into come-on, this is seen as a sign of weakness. Usually, after a person has assumption 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 lacking 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 first 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 reading as to how this plague may be stopped. Oedipus proclaims Creons trustworthy nature when he states I sent Cr eon,/ my wifes own brother, to Delphi- / Apollo the Prophets oracle-to learn / what I might do or say to save our city (Lines 81-84). Oedipus later relies on Creon to define a meeting with Teirisias, the blind prophet who sees all things and is usually make up 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. outflow Oedipus insane accusations, Creon derives at many logical, unarguable explanations in his defense. Creon argues, Who in his unspoilt mind would rather rule And live in anxiety than stay in peace? Particularly ... ... Ode on Man in Sophocles Antigone. In Sophocles A Collection 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 Mastery 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 Western 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?tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0&id=SopOedi