Oedipus Essay In the play Oedipus dramatic irony is used a lot. Dramatic Irony is everything said by the characters in the play and it means more to the audience then to the characters in the play. The audience understands what is going on, but the character doesn’t pick up the whole truth. Oedipus is a character that is a great example because he doesn’t pick up the clues or hints very well …showed first 75 words of 385 total…

…showed last 75 words of 385 total…giving the orders of banishment to the killer, all of the other characters were still hinting to him that he was the killer of Lauis. The audience knows that Oedipus killed his father which was part of his fate, but Oedipus still wanted to give the harshest punishments. Dramatic Irony is a good way to ad different difficulties by the character because he has to find what has happened, but the audience knows before hand