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Creon's Role Of King And His Responsibilities
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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 him ....
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....nevitably leads a king to distress.
Creon's reasoning concerning the equality between his power and
Oedipus's leads him to state:
I was not born with such a frantic yearning
to be a king- but to do what kings do.
And so it is with every one who has learned
wisdom and self-control.
(36.587-590)
He means that he has never desired the position of king, because he sees no
advantage over his present position in the sta.... |
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