PHILOSOPHERS

=__Oedipus the King__= __Part I__ Aspects of Irony: -Line 39: (Priest)- "You come and by your coming saved out city" Dramatic Irony, the reader knows that he is the reason the city needed to be saved

-Line 79: (Oedipus)- "I sent Menoecceus' son Creon, Jocasta's brother, to Apollo..." Dramatic Irony, the reader knows that Oedipus' brother-in-law is actually his uncle too

-Line 118-119: (Oedipus) - "[about Laius] I know of him by hearsay. I have not seem him." Situational Irony, Oedipus has seen Laius- Laius is his father and Oedipus killed him...there is a discrepancy between what Oedipus says and what is actual. Also Dramatic Irony because the audience knows that of course Oedipus is closely related to Laius.

-Line 161-163: (Oedipus)- "Whoever he was that killed the king may readily wish to dispatch me with his murderous hand: so helping the dead king I help myself." Dramatic Irony, the reader knows that he is really the man that killed the king.

-Line 335-338: (Oedipus to Teiresias)- "Do not begrudge us oracles from birds, or any other way of prophecy within your skill; save yourself and the city, save me..." Dramatic/Situtational Irony, Oedipus is asking Teiresias to save the city, himself, and Oedipus with his prophecies, but we know that in order to save the city Oedipus has to be killed or banished from the city.

-Line 369-372: (Teiresias to Oedipus)- "You blame my temper but you do not see your own that lives within you; it is me you chide." Dramatic Irony, Oedipus is angered with Teiresias, and calling him a villan for not wanting to help Oedipus with his powers, while we know that the actual villan here is Oedipus and everyone should be angered at him.

-Line 415-416: (Teiresias and Oedipus)-Teiresias: "Yes if the truth has anything of strength" Oedipus:"It has but not for you..." Dramatic/situational irony, Oedipus thinks that teiresias is the wrong one but does not realize he is the one who is wrong, while we do.

-Lines 422-423: (Oedipus to Teiresias)- "Your life is one long night so that you cannot hurt me or any other who sees the light." Dramatic irony- Oedipus is telling Teiresias that he lives in darkness, which is only true becasue he is blind. He sees the reality that is right in front of their faces which gives him the light that neither Oedipus nor any of the other characters have.

-Lines 530-531: (Chorus)- "Now it is time for him to run with a stronger foot..." Dramatic/Situational irony- The chorus is refferring to how Oedipus needs to stand up straight and save them, but he can't because his feet are injured.

-Line 783-808: (Jocasta)-"Do not concern yourself about this matter; listen to me and learn that human beings have no part in the craft of prophecy....there once was an oracle that came to Laius- I will not say that it was Phoebus' own but it was from his sercants- and it told him that it was fate that he should die a victim at the hands of his own son; a son to be born to Laius and me. But, see now, he the king was killed by foreign hign way robbers.........." Situtational/Dramatic Irony, we know that Lauis did die at his sons hand but Jocasta does not so while she is telling Oedipus that prophets can not tell the future correctly she is mis leading him unintentionally __Part 2:__ Aspects of Irony: -Lines 1025-1070: "...(Messenger) The people of the Isthmus will choose Oedipus to be their king. That is the rumor there..." Situational irony- At this point in time things are looking up for Oedipus because he is about to inherit another kingdom. This is ironic because when his people turn against him, double the people will turn against him.

-Lines 1159-1161: (Jocasta)- " I beg you--do not hunt this out--I beg you, if you have any care for your own life. What I am suffering is enough. Lines 171-172: (Jocasta)- "O Oedipus, God help you! God keep drom you the knowledge of who you are!" Dramatic/Situational irony- Jocasta has now figured out that Oedipus is both her son and husband, and she knows that this knowledge would crush him. She is realizing what a bad situation this will put him in and doesnt want to lay that burden on him.

-Lines 1563-1566: (Oedipus to Creon)- "...Leave me live in the mountains where Cithaeron is, that's called my mountain, which my mother and my father while they were living would have made my tomb." Dramatic irony- Oedipus is wishing he would have been left to die as an infant in the mountains. This is ironic because if he were left in the mountains and not saved by the caretaker, he would not have fufilled his destiny..