ore vivid, and far more dominant than is Kreon's. Kreon, on the other hand, with his quiet strength and respectful treatment of the gods in particular (especially in contrast to Oedipus's arrogance toward them) steadily gains both greater stature and increased self-confidence as the action of the play continues; while Oedipus (especially as he realizes, little by little, the horrible truth of prophesy by Tiresias) at the same time decreases in royal stature and by the end loses not just his original arrogance, but all of his former kingly presence and self-confidence as well.
             While Sophocles doers not describe in detail the particulars of either Oedipus's or Kreon
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