Creative: Diary entry from any of the characters (Creon)
Today a witnessed the most despicable series of events that has taken place in Thebes. Oedipus, by not accepting the advice to leave the situation alone, found out that he was the murderer of his father, and the husband of his mother. The thought of revenge was constantly in Oedipus' head. He was upset with Tiresias and I for telling him the prophecy that Apollo had decreed, and he wished to exact revenge on us by finding out what he believed to be true; that we were plotting against him, that he was no murderer of kings and fathers. This thought of revenge and curiosity became his downfall, when he lost his wife, mother, pride, and sight. I suppose in a way, he's been blind for quite a while anyway. Still, after this revenge-filled mindset had brought extreme pain in his life, he wished to try again. He wished death upon the shepherd that saved his life as an infant. Imagine this, wanting the man that saved your life to be cursed or killed. Oedipus did not learn that revenge leads to nothing but pain, and he kept on trying for more. He fails to realize that revenge is synonymous with unhappiness. This is perhaps the greatest shame of all, the fact that he failed to learn from all of this. I am king now, I hope that I can lead these people justly, the gods know that they have been wronged in the past.
Creon
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