Isn't It Ironic?-Oedipus Rex

Isn’t It Ironic?-Oedipus Rex A traffic jam when you’re already late. A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break. Ten thousands spoons when all you need is a knife. Meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife. Irony is everywhere; you just cannot seem to get away from it no matter where you go. Even back in the day, they used irony to entertain as well as get a …

…prophecies of the gods. Sophocles wanted to scare those young people straight, so he wrote this play. It probably worked because of his intense use of irony. Irony is a powerful thing. Like rain on your wedding day. A free ride that you’ve already paid for. Some good advice that you just did not take. Isn’t it ironic? Works Cited Sophocles. “Oedipus the King.” Greek Drama. Ed. Moses Hadas. New York: Bantam, 1965, 113-49.