CompareContrast Creon and Oedipus
Compare/contrast Oedipus and Creon as Leaders In 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
The fight was never intended, but when Haimon suggested how Creon should rule by what he thought was right and by what he had heard on the streets Creon's pride couldn't take it. He now has to live with his decision and the fact that he was wrong. Creon' s motive of determination was not to back down from his word and law. Oedipus moves away from home and refuses to see or speak to his parents even though this causes both of them much pain. Creon's reply is "Oh pity! All true, all true, and more than I can bear! Oh my wife my son!. Likewise, Creon looses his son Haimon. Equally important, is that neither Oedipus nor Creon could control their fate. Oedipus' pride doesn't allow him to see that he is the killer that he is looking for, and consequently gouges out his eyes because he was so dishonored by his unwillingness to stop looking for the killer. Creon later finds out that Antigone has buried her brother and Creon replies " She has much to learn.
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