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Creon's Defense to Oedipus's Accusations and Their Relevance to the Ambivalence Nature of the Kingship
Title: Creon's Defense to Oedipus's Accusations and Their Relevance to the Ambivalence Nature of the Kingship
Category: Arts & Humanities / Theater
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Creon's Defense to Oedipus's Accusations and Their Relevance to the Ambivalence Nature of the Kingship
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 …showed first 75 words of 1264 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1264 total…position, a man who has not learned wisdom and self-control. He believes that he is a man who has learned these attributes; thus, he would not be susceptible to desire for the kingship and the corruption which would inevitably follow. However, his actions in Antigone show that there are very few men who will reject the kingship if presented with the opportunity and even fewer men who will not allow the kingship to corrupt them.
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