In the way that he sees fit is how Oedipus wants Creon to bury Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is King Oedipus' wife and mother. She hangs herself and he blinds himself when the royal couple learn of the unknowingly incestuous base upon which their marriage is built. Oedipus is going to be punished with execution or exile. He is tying up loose ends, one of which is the disposition of his wife's body. He counts on Creon to make sure that Jocasta's body is honored with a proper Theban-style burial and funeral rite.
That he likes things the way that they are is the reason by Creon does not want Oedipus to be replaced in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon shares royal powers with his sister Jocasta and her second husband, King Oedipus, who is actually the main ruler. According to Creon, everything that he needs and desires is provided through Oedipus' leadership. Oedipus deals with the likable and less likable aspects of the job and therefore bears all the stress, and Creon wants nothing to do with any of that.
That he lacks the motive to grab all royal powersfor himself is what Creon tries to prove when he questions Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus accuses Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, of conspiring with Teiresias the blind prophet to overthrow and execute him by way of a bogus murder charge. Creon attempts to defend himself by pointing out that he, his sister Queen Jocasta and Oedipus are equal royal power holders, that he and Jocasta do the minimum work to hold down their jobs and that Oedipus handles all stressful matters. He insists that he does not want to lead or do what he does not like to do and that he likes things the way they are.
Oedipus accused "Creon" of trying to take over the throne, and conspiracy against him.
Creon wants Oedipus back because he want to use Oedipus as a talisman to save the people of Thebes from any curse..... boateng Qwasi
Oedipus asks Creon to look after his daughters because he believes that no man will want them with the parentage they have. His sons, he says, can look after themselves.
Denial and a certain arrogance are Jocasta's weaknesses in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta tries to smooth over disagreements and seems to want to avoid anything unpleasant, inconvenient or contradictory. For example, she treats the disagreement between Theban Kings Oedipus and Creon as though it is a backyard fight between schoolboys. Additionally, she does not want to look too deeply into her first husband Laius' murder or her second husband Oedipus' true identity. In pursuit of the preceding, she picks and chooses what divine will she will respect and which she will not.
jocasta eventually figures out that Oedipus is indeed her son and does not want Oedipus to discover his true identity because she knows it will only lead to harm. She later hangs herself because she is ashamed that she married and had children with her son.
In "Oedipus Rex," Jocasta asks Oedipus to stop if he has any concern for his life or for her suffering. At this point, she has guessed the identity of Oedipus and doesn't want him to experience the pain of knowing he has slept with his own mother. The knowledge that she has children with her son is too much for Jocasta, and she hangs herself.
Inside the palace is where Creon wants Oedipus to go at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is guilty of murder and incest, for which the punishments are execution or exile. Creon, Oedipus' brother and royal successor, is anxious to get Oedipus back inside the Theban royal palace and out of sight, out of mind of the Theban people. Creon awaits divine expression of which punishment to apply to Oedipus, who in the meantime is under house arrest.
I personally think that Oedipus is a better leader because he was willing to exile himself to protect Thebes from the plague. Also, in Oedipus Rex, Creon discusses with Oedipus that he does not want to be king because he didn't want that responsibility; as long as Oedipus was king, he had all the privileges of royalty without having to worry about the politics of it.
Jocasta hands the infant Oedipus over to the shepherd to be exposed in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta receive a prophecy that their son will grow up to kill his father. Laius therefore makes it clear that Jocasta must kill her three-day-old infant son Oedipus. Jocasta does not want to disobey her husband, but also does not want to carry out the deed herself. She therefore asks her most trusted servant, a Theban shepherd, to leave Oedipus exposed to the ravaging weather and scrounging wildlife on the mountains outside Thebes.
Yes - his four children! But, no, Jocasta and Laius had no other children. Oedipus was born after years of infertility. Oedipus's adoptive parents also had no other chldren. If you want to know how Oedipus never guessed that Jocasta was at least 25 years older than himself, google for "Queen Harmonia's necklace".