Sophocles shows the audience who Oedipus really is through the use of irony. Through the use of irony the audience understands why Oedipus is stubborn to learn about his past. Oedipus’s story is the epitome of irony, one example is when Oedipus responds to Creons’ message on how they can get ride of the plague upon Thebes. Creon tells Oedipus they must find the killer of Laius, the original king of Thebes, and he must be punished. Oedipus being a diligent king begins to search for the killer and curses the man who killed Laius. “As for the murderer himself, I call down a curse on him …” (KO15) .Oedipus “slowly but relentlessly [brought] his own doom as he [searched for] the truth about the death of Laius”(World Book) . It is not until the end
