Oedipus Rex
Irony is an element of literature very well known in Greek epics. In Oedipus the King irony is well demonstrated in a series of events. Verbal, situational and dramatic irony are used in this play. The play itself is a classic dramatic irony at its finest and fullest, and inside it the different parts are full of irony, too. The play is about a prophecy in which Oedipus' fate is to kill his father and marry his mother, his parents try to change this prophecy and so does he, but their acts to try to change the prophecy result in the prophecy becoming true.
The play starts when the old priest is praising the Gods for help and Oedipus, the king of Thebes, comes in and the priest reminds Oedipus of how he once saved the city, and asked him to do it again. Oedipus to maintain his reputation as the savior of Thebes is already working on it, for he had sent his brother in law to find out what was the cause of the plague. When he comes back he says that the killer of Laious needs to......
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