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From a bureaucrat who curries favor with the gods, dislikes conflict and prefers being part of a team, to a dictator who insults the gods, dividesand rules, and bows to none is the way in which Creon changes between "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Creon shuns the limelight, likes team work, and follows proper procedure in "Oedipus Rex." In contrast, he lets everyone know that he rules, plays his cards close to his chest, and brooks no opposition from divine promises or human traditions in "Antigone." He becomes a completely different person between Theban King Oedipus' overthrow just before the end of "Oedipus Rex" and the fatal duel between twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices just before the beginning of "Antigone."

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