... the atmosphere for the gloom that is forthcoming. There are enormous black and white pictures of King Creon hanging on the walls. I believe this is to exemplify how King Creon views things in a black and white manner. There are also pictures of great size and since they are pictures of himself I view them as an example of his great egotistical persona ... . In order to gain control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons had killed each other one opposing the state and the other for it. King Creon has issued a decree in which Polyneices's (who was against the state) body shall not be buried but in...

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