Oedipus The King Creon Character Analysis

The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a drama of a heroic archetype struggling to find answers which creates conflicts of man vs. man, man vs. himself, and man vs. supernatural and in the end reveals his real identity thus fulfilling his prophecy.
Man vs. Man The entire man to man confrontation comes down to friendship and trust. Oedipus does not trust Creon even though Creon tries to help Oedipus in finding the murder of King Laois. Oedipus does not trust Creon and retaliates against him due to several incidences. First, Creon suggested Oedipus to meet Teiresias, a holy prophet who may have information about the murder of King Laois. Oedipus become frustrated with Teiresias lack of cooperation and inability to share critical
Oedipus in an attempt to think out what has happened with Teiresias and Creon responds to these allegations by seeking insight from his wife, Iocaste . In order to sort out the allegations, , Iocaste believes King Laois was not killed by his several strangers getting her story from one of the servants who survived the attack. Oedipus chimes to tell a different account he experiences where he encounter five men in his journey to Thebes and murdered all of them. Although the stories are different with the number of people who committed the murder. Oedipus expresses concern about stories are similar and happen in the exact same place. Worried, Oedipus tells Iocaste , “Think of it: I have touched you with these hands, these hands that killed your husband” (Sophocles, Line 296 -297). Oedipus seeks proof to verify that it was not him who committed the murder since the stories are slightly different. Iocaste immediately sends for the servant to testify to what he saw when King Laois was
Oedipus who hears at a feast he is not the son of King Polybos, makes him question his mother and father of this allegation. Distraught, Oedipus goes to the Shrine of Delphi in which he learned he would kill his father and have children with his mother. Oedipus believed the Delphi God and left Corinth in fear of hurting his parents. Oedipus leaves Corinth to escape the his prophecy and to protect his parents from harm. After Oedipus meets the messenger and the shepherd, he realizes who he is and how he fulfilled his prophecy. However, his wife Iocaste has a completely different view on the prophecy which Oedipus believes. Iocaste knows her and King Laois killed their first son due to the oracle so she feels there is no way a prophecy could exists. Iocaste reassures Oedipus stating “From now, where oracles are concerned, I would not waste a second thought on any” (Sophocles, 1227, Line 327-328). It is not until Oedipus and Iocaste meet the first messenger, Iocaste realizes Oedipus is her son. Iocaste realization is overwhelming and she ends up kills herself. Oedipus is unaware of Iocaste ’s realization until he meets the shepherd. It is then when Oedipus realizes his prophecy has come to fruition. Sadly, Oedipus met his fate set forth by the supernatural he so desperately tried to escape. However, the reader will never know what the outcome of