... sustains suspense because the audience wants to know when the truth will come out and the outcome of his actions. Throughout the whole tragedy, dramatic irony is very evident. Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, the messenger, and the chorus is not aware of what the audience knows which is: Oedipus indeed killed his father, married his mother, and brought upon a plague onto Thebes ... makes his statements so much more dramatic. Oedipus fails to realize the man he is hunting down is himself and that leads to his downfall. Even when he speaks to Jocasta, his wife, she dares to ask "Why are you so se...

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