Going into this play, I had, again, some mixed thoughts about going into this play. On one hand, I was super excited to read something as potentially good as Oedipus Rex. On the other hand, there was an element of "there's no way this is going to be as good as the entertaining train wreck that was Oedipus". After reading the play, there's a little bit of each side. It was good and entertaining, but it wasn't as good, which is understandable, considering how much I enjoyed Oedipus.
Regarding its relation to tragedy, I actually think that it focuses on the tragic element of Kreon's development moreso than the title character. The initial perfectness of his life is disturbed by the discovery of Antigone burying her brother, and he sort of overreacts. Then, the fall from grace happens, and it all goes to crap for him from there on out. Antigone, his son, and his wife all commit suicide, and it is just not a good time for him. I think the tragic element here shines in how, after he talked to Tiresias, he does try to change his behavior, which makes me like him more as a character, or just hate him less, which in turn makes me feel more sorry for him when all of this happens to him. This play also isn't super like sad tragic, it's just tragic, kind of like Oedipus.
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