Meaning of Creon | Babel Free

Definitions

King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.

Greek

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“It has often been observed that Creon imputes corrupt motives (here and to Teiresias), because this was a level of motivation within his comprehension.”

“Above all -- and this is of central importance in connection with the legal implications -- it is essential to understand⟳ that Creon must emerge⟳ as an appropriate counterweight to the obsessive energy of Antigone: that "Antigone's fate provides the foil for Creon and, in turn⟳, Creon's fate becomes evident only against the background of Antigone's desitiny.”

“Perhaps more than any other figure⟳ in the Oedipus Trilogy, Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law, seems to be a very different character in each of the plays.”

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