Introduction-
-Dramatic Irony- Dramatic Irony is a huge part of the story. The reader learns in the Introduction that Oedipus' prophocy (that he will kill his father and Marry his mother) has been fufilled. Yet he continues to live in ignorant bliss, not knowing that he himself is the person that is causing his land to suffer.
Another thing that is adressed in the introduction is the difference between free will and fate. Oedipus believes that he can escape the prophecy and make his own fate rather than following that of the Gods'. Yet in trying to do this, his plan backfires and he ends up (unknowingly) doing exactly what he was trying to avoid.
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