Every Fate Has Irony

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misery to miserable doom” (p.477 line 266). The Irony in Oedipus’ statement to the people of Thebes after Creon explains the sickness and what needs to be done to solve it, is that Oedipus himself is the killer of Laius. He cursed himself more than he was already cursed by his fate.

Lastly, the ironic relationship/interaction that Oedipus has is with Teiresias the Old blind man that can see the real truth in Oedipus’ life. Teiresias comes to Oedipus because he says he knows the truth that Oedipus is seeking, but once he gets to Oedipus he is too scared to tell him the truth for it will completely defeat Oedipus. Oedipus verbally attacks Teiresias by saying; “This wily beggar who has only eyes for his own gains, but blindness in his skill” (p.482 line 435). The irony in Oedipus’ attack on Teiresias is that while Teiresias can’t physically see, he can mentally see the truth of Oedipus and that his fate did infact come true. While on the other hand Oedipus can physically see, he mentally has no clue that his fate did come true when he killed the man at the crossroads and married Jocasta.

In conclusion, Oedipus’s life and world was built around irony. As sad and disgusting as it is, Oedipus killed his own father, married his own mother and had children due to incest with his mother, therefore his children are technically his siblings. The curse he created ended up cursing himself and he lives out the rest of his life in misery but only because he feels it’s the right punishment. If he accepted what he had done and moved on, he most likely would have been able to do so, but the story isn’t a success story, it’s a story displaying the power of fate and destiny.