Irony In Oedipus The King

Oedipus is the main mythological character in the play by Sophocles known as Oedipus the King. As much irony is created, Oedipus gets labeled as the tragic hero who killed his own father and later marries his own mother. By the end, he is disgusted of who he has become and begins to seek self punishment which leads to him tearing out his own eyes. The most important thing to look at are the motives for these events and how he got the where he was by the end of the play. Oedipus has a desire to be in control of reality. He was driven by roles that were in an authoritative position and high leadership. He is successful at solving problems and mysteries, which later revealed his huge downfall and sin. For example, the riddle of the Sphinx is a Greek legend that proposes the question, “What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?” For all travelers that seeked to answer this riddle were devoured by the Sphinx until Oedipus the hero answered “man” causing Sphinx to die. This type of leadership reflected his work as king.
He was always eager to save is city, but often lacked vigilance. As seen in line 1311-1684, Creon tries to communicate with Oedipus they should talk in private about the events taking place, Oedipus opts out. Instead, he chooses to publicize every action he takes to figuring out who is responsible for the creating the stink in the city. To put in a real life scenario, Oedipus is like the teenage girl that heard rumors about herself. She resorts to telling the whole world through social media in order to find the creator of the rumors, while Creon in the mom trying to convince her daughter to take a deep breathe and look at the best steps before moving forward. With Oedipus’ immaturity in this manner, he continues on with his search without formulating a