“But now... which story is more painful than yours?” (Sophocles, line 1210.) The final use of dramatic irony is that no matter how he tries to avoid danger, he finds it waiting for him. “After leaving Corinth, at the crossroads of three roads, Oedipus was offended by a man in a chariot. He killed the man and all his servants except one. From there he went to Thebes, where he became the new king by answering the riddle of the Sphinx” (Weigel Jr., 1.) The irony does not stop there, however, as the king is so famous for his actions that the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud coined the Oedipus Complex: the instinct of young males to love their mother and eliminate their father. The irony is that Oedipus made him unaware of his condition. “Oedipus Rex” is a famous play about a tragic hero full of arrogance and stubbornness. The playwright has used every opportunity possible to use irony and conflict to his advantage, and although the audience knows what will happen at the beginning, you can still feel the shock of the ending. Due to his own anger, Oedipus goes from being a powerful king to a blind beggar. Of the seven surviving plays, it is no surprise why this is one of the most famous. Rex Conflitti e