Life is filled with series of irony.Therefore,it goes without saying that irony becomes the very structure of good Greek tragedies,which always reflect the reality of human life.Among those is Oedipus the King,written by Sophocles.Dramatic irony,the contrast between what a character knows and what the reader or audience knows,stnads out and permeates this great work of dramma. First,the irony comes when the audience knows that the tragic outcome can not be avoided.The two different attempts to change the fate:Jocasta and Laius killing of infant Oedipus and Oedipus flight from Korinth later on,nevertheless,are absolutely futile.King Laius abandoned Oedipus to his death,but Oedipus...
workings of fate. The ironic structure of "Oedipus the King" may be one of the factors that make this play immortal.Although it was written a long time ago,the topic is never old and in fact,it is controversial.Many questions come up:is it true that fate is more powerful than anything a human being can do,are gods responsible for all the things happen and we are innocent of our actions regardless of how good or bad they are?There might be no certain answers to these because it depends on what we think,how we feel about "Oedipus the King" and its irony.