"What should a man fear? It's all chance,
chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth
can see a day ahead, groping through the dark.
Better to live at random, best we can"
This passage jumped out to me the most out of any passage in the play so far. It is a key passage in an important theme developing in the play. The fact that Oedipus is the murderer of his father that he was looking for is ironic and rather absurd. Also the fact that Oedipus unknowingly slept with his mother (if i read correctly) is also absurd. The play is full of irony.
Irony is a key technique used in the play. A good example of irony is that Oedipus insulted the blind god's blindness when at the end of the play (as has alredy been spoiled to the entire class) Oedipus will gouge his own eyes out, making himself blind. I will continue to look for examples of irony in the play as Sophocles seems to utilize this technique often. With already multiple examples of irony in the play, it must be of significance. These examples of irony can also be connected to the passage at the top of this journal entry. If chance dictates the world, irony is bound to occur.
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