1. The Irony within Oedipus
... . In line 1004 she tells Oedipus, "Is your life nothing to you? My own is pain enough for me to bear."" In the end we see that not even the pain of her own life was enough for her to bear and she kills herself. The dramatic irony is found mainly in the beginning of the play, before Oedipus unravels the dark ... Choragos asks, " did you not ask the King to go to his chambers?- In line 931, Iokaste tells Oedipus, "Have no more fear of sleeping with your mother,"" when she is his mother, and has been sleeping her own son. He is the father and brother of his children. He tells his own wife I...
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- Grade Level: High School