Oedipus

The story of Oedipus is filled with dramatic irony. We know that the man who has killed the former king Laius was in fact King Oedipus, but he doesn't know that. As a man with a bad temper he slays Laius, his real father, while trying to get away from his adoptive parents because he believes it is that father he is going to kill. Throught the story I also noticed the element of foreshadowing. Oedipus constantly refers to his eyesight. When he is speaking to the priest he says "I would be blind to misery not to pity my people kneeling at my feet". Also later on in the play Tiresias, the oracle says to him "You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life. The referencing to the eyes and Oedipus being blind to his problems is a constant reoccurance. In the end he does gouge out his eyes.