... King and not question his decisions or accusations. King Oedipus accuses Creon of trying to overthrow him from his rule. Creon stands up forth to the truth and does not back down to the hostile king; Oedipus I caught him in a treacherous plot against my life. Creon: May I never enjoy life, but perish under ... a curse, if I have done to you any of the things you charge me with (Oedipus 44). Creon stands his ground fully in the face ... death again I am sick with fear, are there no swords here? Has no one a blow for me?" (Antigone 859). Creon had met life worse fate imaginable. The trage...

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