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Use Of Irony In Oedipus

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Some of the clever and ironic word play Tiresias uses is when he says “How terrible- to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees” (Sophocles 176), “You bear your burdens, I’ll bear mine. It’s better that way” (Sophocles 177), and “ You criticize my temper . . . unaware of the one you live with” (Sophocles 178). In the first quote, Tiresias uses clever word play to show how the truth brings pains to those who see it, just like when Oedipus sees the truth leads down a path of pain and eventually making him become blind. In the second quote, Tiresias use clever word play to show that everyone has something their burdens some that may not know about them, just like the Oedipus had the burden of killing his father. In the third

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