Irony in Oedipus Rex

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English

 

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December 22, 2013

 

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With creative use of irony, Sophocles makes apparent how tragic both fate and even free will can be. The entire story of Oedipus is built around a central ironic theme. The king's world is one full of ironies, most of which are cruel. His life begins in exile, because his father fears a prophecy, one in which his son would kill him and marry his wife...
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It is this decision by the father, King Lauis, which allows for the events of the story to unfold, and the prophecy to be fulfilled. Ironically, if Lauis had kept the boy and raised him honestly, as his own, he never would have had anything to fear. Oedipus has no desire of fulfilling this prophecy, which the Oracle would later explain to him...
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