Irony in Oedipus Rex

Question 1

What is the definition of irony?

Accepted Answer

Expression that states the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 2

Oedipus: "Where are they? Where shall we find a clue to solve that crime, after so many years."

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 3

Oedipus: "What defilement? How shall we rid ourselves of it?"

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 4

What kind of irony is this: "Sick as you are, not one as sick as I?"

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 5

Name the irony. Oedipus: "I learned of him from others, I never saw him." (about king Laius)

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 6

Oedipus:"Tell me:Was Laius murdered in his house, or in the fields, or in some foreign nation?"

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 7

Oedipus:"..Whoever killed King Laius might -who knows- decide at any moment to kill me as well"

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

Question 8

What are the three types of irony?

Accepted Answer

Verbal, Situational, Dramatic

Question 9

What is DRAMATIC irony?

Accepted Answer

When the audience knows something that the characters do not

Question 10

What is SITUATIONAL irony?

Accepted Answer

When the expected outcome does not occur

Question 11

What is VERBAL irony?

Accepted Answer

Words that express the opposite of their intentions

Question 12

Oedipus: "And was there no one, no witness, no companion, to tell what happened?" (the murder)

Accepted Answer

Dramatic

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