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Creon's Role Of King And His Responsibilities
The role of the king in the time of Greek tragedies was simultaneously
desired and dreaded because of the king's responsibility to the people and
because of the effects of the position on the king's character. Creon reveals
such ambivalent thoughts towards the kingship in his speech defending himself
from Oedipus's conspiracy accusation in Oedipus the King; these ambivalent
thoughts reveal much about the nature of the kingship, especially in conjunction
with Creon's later actions in Antigone.
In attempting to refute Oedipus's assertion that Creon has taken part in
a con ....
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