If the Tiresias had not told the king and queen of Thebes that their son Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother, then they would not have asked a shepherd to put their child on a hill to die. Tiresias creating this fear in the king and queen lead them to do such actions which started the chain of events. The end result of this small chain was that King Creon became the king of Thebes. If King Creon had not become king, he could not have punished Antigone. Even in the play Antigone, Tiresias takes a part of the blame for the death of the queen's life (Creon's wife). He explains to King Creon that "All men mistakes./ But mistakes don't have to be forever,/ They can admitted and atoned for." (59) This explanation made an impact on the chorus who convinced Creon to go try reverse what he had done. If Creon had stayed where he was, he could have saved his wife from death.
Even though Creon was put to blame in the class discussion for all the deaths, there were other people who were needed to
I disagree, Tiresia's was only trying to warn and help Creon make the right decisions. It is Creon's fault of mistake for not listening him until it was too late!
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