Creon: My countrymen, the ship of state is safe. The gods who rocked her, after a long, merciless pounding in the storm, have righted her once more. Out of the whole city I have called you here alone. Well I know, first, your undeviating respect for the throne and royal power of King Laius. Next, while Oedipus steered the land of Thebes, and even after he died, your loyalty was unshakable, you still stood by their children. Now then, since the two sons are dead- two blows of fate in the same day, cut down by each other’s hands, both killers, both brothers stained with blood- as I am next in kin to the dead, I now possess the throne and all its powers. Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he’s shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Experience, there’s the test. As I see it, whoever assumes the task, the awesome task of setting the city’s course, and refuses to adopt the soundest policies but......

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