Looking at Oedipus and Creon, they hold the same positions, and act similarly to a certain extent. Oedipus and Creon have there own style of motivation, intention and goals that are showed throughout Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, written by Sophocles. They are two of the major characters associated within the three plays. At first they are displayed to be different, but through out the plays they are considered alike.

Oedipus first makes his appearance as the king of Thebes. He gained this loyal spot by solving the Sphinx riddle. He's had no experience at king, let alone being part of a royal family. Oedipus had no real motivation to become king; he had no idea that he had a chance to be ruler. His motivation begins after the fact that he became king of Thebes. He is motivated to help the kingdom from its illness; the crops are diseased, poverty is striking the people and everything is becoming worse.

"It was no man asleep you awoke-ah no! - But one in bitter tears and one perplexed in thought, found wandering. Who clutched the only remedy that came: to send the son of Menoeceus, Creon- my own Jocasta's brother- to the place Apollo h

However, Creon on the other hand, at this point is merely the Queen's brother, and is not in power. His motivation is to figure out what has caused this plague in Thebes, and his first conviction lies on Oedipus. We see that he instigates, and causes hostile situation between Oedipus and himself. "Time will teach you well. The honest man needs time, The sinner but a single day to bare his crime"(34). Creon's is motivated to prove Oedipus the murderer of King Lauis, and is the cause of this horrible plague.

Both, Oedipus and Creon have goals that they want to achieve. Oedipus's major goal is to figure out his identity. An example of this can be found in the play, Oedipus the King, where Jocasta is continuously trying to stop him from hearing the truth of his life. Oedipus says, "Persuading from the truth? Pursuing it? I must"(39). Oedipus is determined to figure out his past, and where he has come from.

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