Heres a breif synopsis of the book/playwrite
Oedipus The King is about, well, a guy named Oedipus. The before the play/book. There was a legend.
Before Oedipus was born. His parents Laius and Jocasta (they were the king and queen of Thebes) wanted to have a child. So they asked the Oracle of Delphi if they should get one. The oracle said "No, do not bere a son". Jocasta and Lauis were all like "whatever" and bore a son anyway. So the Oracle tells them that Their son will kill his father, and marry his mother.SO they're all like "oh no! what are we gonna do? and stuff" So theygo up to a mountain. And tie him up on and drive nails down his ankles. His name was Oedipus (In greek, it means "swollen foot") Then they leave him up there to die
A shepard hears the baby's cries and decided to go save him, he realizes that the king (Polybus) and queen (Merope) of Corinth (sound familiar?
) weren't able to bare a child. So the shephard was like "I can present this baby for the king and queen! and they can adopt it" So they adopt it and he lives a normal life and stuff. Untill...
One day Oedipus was at a party and stuff. And thios drunk guy goes like "hey, ya know, you aren't your fathers, real son ya know?" So oedipus asks his parents, and they're like "of coruse you're our real child" and stuff. So he goes to the Oracle of Delphi and asks the oracle "Am I my fathers real son?" And the oracle goes like "You will kill your father, and marry your mother" So he gets scared, and runs away... To Thebes
When he gets to the outskirts of thebes, he runs into a caravan full of people. They push Oedipus away so Oedipus fights for self defense. He kills the guards, and an old man. Except for one guard, who escaped. He continues onto Thebes and everyone is suffering. Because of the Sphynx. Many men were unable to defeat the Sphynx. Oedipus decided so challenge it. The Sphynx asks him "What walks with 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?" Oedipus replies: "Man" (A baby walks on 4 legs in the beginning of it's life, 2 in it's middle age, and 3 becasue an old man would use a cane) So the Sphynx dies. And everyone is like "hurray!, you did it! The King somehow died, so you should be the king and marry the queen!" And stuff. Oedipus did not know that the old man he killed with the caravan was his father, Lauis the King of Thebes. And he marries The Queen of Thebes, Jocasta. Who is his mother.
Now it continues with the book/playwright
Oedipus is married to Jocasta now, they have 4 kids (really scary isn't it) and He is trying to figure out who killed Lauis the king (he still doens't know that he's the murderer). Basically, he talks to people, discovering clues about the murder. He finds out that he's married to his mother. And that he killed his father. So Jocasta hangs herself, and Oedipus takes the golden pins off of Jocasta's dress, and stabs himself in the eyes. So that he would be blind. Then he banishes himself from Thebes
) anyway ya I def think the creon is the tragic hero insttead of antigone. Mainly bc antigone has no real tragic flaw and creon's is clearly his pride (aka hubris in greek)
