Playwright, Sophocles, in his Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, depicts Creon as a man who defends himself from Oedipus’ accusation of wanting to take over the throne. Sophocles intends to portray Creon as a mature and logical person. He combines an arrogant and confident tone in order to display the characteristics and personality Creon possesses. Sophocles begins with utilizing logos in Creon’s words to describe himself as a sane man who has equal power but fewer duties than the king. Creon claims he is “a man of sense, someone who sees things clearly [and] would never resort to treason” (Fagles). Sophocles does this in order to push the idea that Oedipus has an opposite personality from Creon’s. With Creon’s use of hypophora and rhetorical