explain how the characterization of creon and oedipus in this section reflect the larger themes of the play.

my own flesh and blood—dear sister, dear ismene, how many griefs our father oedipus handed down! do you know one, i ask you, one grief that zeus will not perfect for the two of us while we still live and breathe? there’s nothing, no pain—our lives are pain—no private shame, no public disgrace, nothing i haven’t seen in your grief and mine. 

antigone’s first words in  antigone,  “my own flesh and blood,” vividly emphasize the play’s concern with familial relationships.  antigone  is a play about the legacy of incest and about a sister’s love for her brother. flesh and blood have been destined to couple unnaturally—in sex, violence, or both—since oedipus’s rash and unwitting slaying of his father. antigone says that griefs are “handed down” in oedipus’s family, implicitly comparing grief to a family heirloom.

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