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Essay on The Signifigance of Irony Metaphor and Reverasal of Situation in Oedipus Rex | ||
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1195 words (4.78 pages) in the essay titled The Signifigance of Irony Metaphor and Reverasal of Situation in Oedipus Rex The Signifigance of Irony, Metaphor, and Reverasal of Situation in Oedipus RexOedipus Rex is a tragedy of a man who attempts to flee a prophecy out of fear of what the future may hold for him, and in doing so blindly falls straight into his tragic fate. The use of literary devices in this play such as irony, metaphor, and reversal of situation in this play help to weave Sophocles’ masterpiece tragedy in to a work of art to be appreciated for centuries to come. The literary artwork of Oedipus Rex makes it a tragedy honorable of the title “perfection”. As these threads of literary devices join together throughout the play, they weave the magnificent tapestry of Oedipus Rex. In the play Oedipus Rex, there are many hints of irony laced throughout this tragic play. The plot of the play in itself is ironic: Oedipus’ goal in the play is to find the source of the plagues haunting Thebes, a search which ironically leads to the main hunter, himself. Many of these threads of irony are found in the third scene of the play. For example, in the beginning of scene three, Iokaste begins the scene by presenting a prayer to the Gods to help her land in this time of turmoil. In these opening lines, Iokaste observes that the “king is not himself” (scene 3, line 4). In this part of the play, Iokaste is only referring to Oedipus’ mood. Iokaste will later in the play discover that Oedipus is indeed not the same person that she believes him to be. Iokaste had given birth to a child that she was p... |
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Keywords: oedipus rex, irony, ironically, metaphor, tragedy, sophocles, signifigance, literary devices, weave, threads, tragic fate, she believes, scene 3, thebes, join together, plagues, work of art