Oedipus Vs Creon

Creon is a poor leader, considering his disregard towards his people’s advice. After Creon orders the death of Antigone, Haemon comes to his father to persuade him to change his decisions, Haemon declares, “[Thebes] takes order from one voice”, conveying

During this same conversation, Haemon argues that the people of Thebes themselves do not like the order for Antigone to die. King Creon quickly refutes that “[he is] king, and responsible only to [himself.]” King Creon believes that he only needs to worry about himself. This shows that King Creon did not realize his full responsibility as king, both to his family and his people. King Creon was too prideful, and did not realize that he must honor the dead, and that he cannot kill his own family for doing it for him. His pride leads to not only Antigone’s death, but also to those around him whom he loves, and eventually himself.

People might say that his pride was for the good of Thebes. This is totally inaccurate, in the process of “making Thebes better” Creon lost his family and lost the trust of the people of Thebes. Creon had no valid points. Again, his actions were overthrown by his hubris, which was the beginning of his downfall. Not listening to other people and their opinions is not a step to make Thebes a better city.

Antigone Essay Despite the fact that in Antigone, Antigone has many tragic flaws that lead her to her downfall, Creon fits the definition of tragic flaw completely. A tragic hero is a character who experiences a reversal of fortune as a result of hamartia. As the play ends, Creon undergoes a change in belief and attitude as his fate unfolds.

Consequently, they vocalized their opinions to Creon; making him short-tempered and depressed. He soon gave into peer pressure along with anger and introduced an alternative punishment for the two sisters. Creon said, “Oh, it is hard to give in! But it is worse to risk everything for stubborn pride.” Though he tried to make a change, in the end he was still unhappy because his wife and son died.

Sophocles also mentions the name of the king of gods - Zeus, to emphasize the fact that the gods’ king won over man’s king and that the gods are the ultimate authority. Creon did not obey the ultimate authority figures: the gods, and it ultimately lead to his grief and his demise. It is always right to obey authority because disobeying authority will lead to extreme

Then, Odysseus always wants it his way, and his crew has no say in what they are doing. Additionally, Odysseus never listens to his crew’s ideas, which makes him seem egotistical: “ God sake, captain!/ Why bait the beast again?/ Let him alone!” (408-410) This greatly illustrates how Odysseus shatters his crew’s ideas. It seems that every time his crew gives him an idea of what they could do, he shoots it down.

Robert E. Lee once said, “Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation

Gilgamesh is a lonely, evil, self-centered ruler who has no humility for man-kind. The people, being fed-up with Gilgamesh and his harsh treatments asked the Gods for help. Enkidu was created and sent down by the Gods to put Gilgamesh in his place and that's what he did, but not in the way the Gods had intended it to happen. Enkidu and Gilgamesh had an altercation during their first meeting, but later bonding becoming inseparable friends recognizing each other as brothers. Through Enkidu's nurturing, Gilgamesh became a good ruler and hero.

Sophocles uses the trilogy of plays to examine the relationship between the Gods and man, the idea of fate, and uses Oedipus as an example of harmful traits as a precaution to readers. In ancient greek culture it was believed that fate was an inevitable path that their life was going

The conversations between Oedipus and Creon displays Oedipus’s tragic flaw. His overall tragic flaw is his curiosity. “For whom, if he did not meet with you, did he say that the death of Laius was my work?” This was asked by Oedipus to Creon. He is making a mistake by asking this.

The 1989 film, known as the New York Stories, consists of three short movies centered around New York. The last installment of the short, which is around forty minutes, is named Oedipus Wrecks. Oedipus Wrecks is about a man identified as Sheldon Mills, who is a lawyer, and his overbearing mother, Sadie Millstein. Always seeming to complain about his mother to his therapist, he states, in one session, that he wishes she would just disappear. Ironically, when he, his mother, his fiancé, and his fiancé’s children go to a magic show, she does just that after being placed in a box, disappearing as she is supposed to, but not reappearing.

Oedipus Rex was born with the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. His parents try and get around the prophecy by giving away their son. Oedipus grows up not knowing not knowing anything about this he has his big prophecy over his head. and h He travels back to the city of Thebes where he then soon fulfills the prophecy.

In the novel Oedipus Rex, the protagonist Oedipus Rex exhibits many flaws throughout the play. Whilst the novel,Critical Interpretations Dodds and Goulds essay argues that Oedipus “never possessed any flaws” (Bloom 1). However, one can conclude that he had two major flaws; which were, his ability to quickly accuse others instead of owning up to his mistakes, and his obsession with being the hero. While in the Tragic Hero essay, it is said that we should, “have sympathy with Oedipus” (Barstow 2). One must also glance back at the mistakes that Oedipus made along the play.

Creon; King of Thebes and brother of Jocasta who is given the throne after the death of the two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, who died in a war against each other. Creon is a character from the Tragic play “Antigone” which was written by playwright Sophocles. Though it may seem that Creon is the antagonist of the play, he would be considered the tragic hero because he displays many of the characteristics of one.     Creon is a stubborn character who is disrespectful towards the natural order of things and is prideful; two traits that are also embodied in a tragic hero. In the story, Creon ordered that no one shall bury the body of Polynices because he has committed an act of treachery against the state.