A stubborn personality is what Oedipus reveals in his exchange with Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Oedipus has no grounds for hurtling conspiracy charges and violent threats against Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague. But he does not accept any part of Creon's logical, spirited self-defense. Stubbornness characterizes all of Oedipus' thoughts, speech and actions. It becomes his biggest fault, but also his greatest virtue. Stubbornness acts to give him hope when he has no hope and to head a murder investigation down the most uncomfortable of paths.
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Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
Creon is Jocasta's brother.
Creon is Oedipus's uncle, since he is Jocasta's (Oedipus's mother) brother. I guess Creon is also is brother-in-law, since he marries Jocasta.
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Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?
Creon is Oedipus's uncle.
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
Creon is Jocasta's brother.
Creon is Oedipus's uncle, since he is Jocasta's (Oedipus's mother) brother. I guess Creon is also is brother-in-law, since he marries Jocasta.
No, Creon is not Oedipus' son in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Oedipus' uncle, brother-in-law, royal colleague and ultimately royal successor. Shortly after Oedipus' arrival in Thebes, he marries widowed Theban Queen Jocasta, Creon's sister. But Oedipus does not know that he actually is Jocasta's son and therefore Creon's nephew. Creon becomes Oedipus' royal successor once Jocasta's and Oedipus' incest and Oedipus' murder of his own father become known.
A. Which of the following illustrates one of the ways creon acts as a foil for Oedipus? B. Where Oedipus does not believe in prophecies, Creon consults oracles daily. C. Where Oedipus is not Ambitious, Creon covets the throne. D. Where Oedipus speaks rashly, Creon thinks before he speaks.
It is in their three main conversations that Oedipus reveals Creon's character in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus attempts to shortcut proper procedure at the beginning and the end of the play. In the first instance, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, Creon, cedes to his expressed preference to share oracular news immediately with the Theban people as opposed to after a private meeting. In so doing, he demonstrates a bureaucratic personality that can be tendered by compassion and respect. That respect never is more in evidence than in his spirited but diplomatic and reasoned self-defense against Oedipus' groundless charges of treasonous conspiracy.
Oedipus accused "Creon" of trying to take over the throne, and conspiracy against him.
Oedipus is not Creon's son. Creon is the brother of Jocasta, who both gave birth to Oedipus and married him. So he is Oedipus' uncle/brother-in-law, but he's not his father. His father is Laios.
Yes, Creon genetically is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Theban King Oedipus' uncle. He is the brother of Queen Jocasta, who is Oedipus' mother and wife. Creon and Oedipus share a common paternal ancestor in Thebes' founding King Cadmus.