Based upon what my group mates and I discussed in class today, I have found the following examples of dramatic irony, fate and identity in the story of Oedipus. The first example, line 469, was when Tiresias says to Oedipus, "So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life." This quote is dramatically ironic because in the end of the story, Oedipus physically becomes blind, as he is getting scolded for being figuratively blind to the truth now by Tiresias. Following this line, Tiresias also says, "...darkness shrouding your eyes that now can see the light." With the same analyzation, we know that Oedipus is going to end up blind, even though he can see now because he is still blind to the truth. On line 451, Oedipus says one simple line that is very significant to both his identity and is another example dramatic irony. He gives himself the title, "Oedipus the ignorant," and although he uses it in a way of mocking Tiresias' claims against him, Oedipus' tragic flaw is his arrogance and his ignorance. He doesn't understand a lot of what has happened to him, and rightfully so for he does not know that he is the one who killed Lauis, his father, and married his own mother.
Additionally, Oedipus' fate is discussed once again on line 482, when Tiresias continues to retorts Oedipus' argument. He says, "That day you learn the truth about your marriage... and a load of other horrors you'd never dream will level you with yourself and all your children." This quote talks about what will happen to Oedipus in the future, therefore determining his fate. To add to this, on line 488, Tiresias says to Oedipus, "No amn will ever be rooted from the earth as brutally as you." This is yet another example of Oedipus' fate, which at this point can definitely be determined that it will NOT be pleasant.
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