is dead; for no man, however wise, knows what tomorrow will bring.In Oedipus Rex, the anagnorsis to Oedipus causes him to blind himself. The audience therefore pities him, and is positioned to do so through the use of irony. The use of irony in a play allows playwrights to make audiences want to see how the events occurring mentally affect the main character, even if they already are aware of the story, as shown in Oedipus Rex....
