... to conclusions quickly blaming Creon for Laius' death and concluding that Creon must be working with the Oracle to hatch a plot to gain the throne of Thebes; this turns out to be entirely fictional. However despite these switches between positive and negative virtues he doesn't deserve his fate of marrying his Mother and killing his Father. The gods have seemingly been conspiring against him since before he was born for him to have such a terrible fate. However, he is guilty of aggravating his fate, continually damming himself in his speeches and continually pushing people such as the Oracle and the Shepard, who do not want to give up their information because of fear of what might happen if they do. The phrase 'insolent tyrant' is going too far as he clearly wants to help his people and in the end leaving the city making a big sacrifice in ...

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