OEDIPUS REX
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Reread and annotate Creon’s rebuttal to Oedipus’ charges.
First: Write down the quotation from the text
Second: Then, in your own words write what you think his rebuttal is.
Refer to the text!
Example of quotation:
“You do wrong, when you take good men for bad…for good.”
Anarchy: when there are no established rules, but everyone does what h/she wants with no regard for the rights of others.
Perquisites: Perks; rights and privileges which go with a position of power.
Sceptre: a staff which symbolizes power.
“You married my sister…reason it out as I have…would any sane man prefer power,… all a king’s anxieties.
Creon has never been part of the Royal blood line, so he would not benefit from the killing of the king. He does not want the burden of kingship.
I am welcome everywhere, every man salutes me.”
Creon knew that if he became king his popularity would go down.
“Time and time alone will show the just man…”
Your true colors will come out eventually.
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