... flaw and tragic self-discovery of Oedipus. Many of Sophocles" characters, as well as the Oedipus himself, incorporate this pattern of light versus darkness into their analysis of both Oedipus and the situation at hand. Many statements made by Oedipus not only show the conflict between others" knowledge and his ignorance, but also the irony of what he believes to be true. In one scene, Oedipus calls for ... /mother dead. Jocasta had committed suicide by hanging herself, after learning the truth of Oedipus past. Seeing Jocasta dead, Oedipus then proceeds to stab his own eyes out, and expla...

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... find it- and tells the audience how he will use the stolen handkerchief to implicate Othello's wife of adultery. Then, when the audience sees the plan of Iago being carried out, unbeknownst to the protagonist, then situational irony occurs. Both plays have an exceptional amount of situational irony in them. 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, to the house you live in, to those you live with-...one day...darkness shrouding your eyes that now can ... down on his shoulders...

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