The Multiple identities of Oedipus Rex

Oedipus fails to see his tragic flaw as a Greek hero. Hubris is his tragic flaw which is his arrogance. Oedipus tells the audience about his fate but is blind to see that which is an example of dramatic irony. His identity is dominated by his hubris. Oedipus murdered his father and married his mother. He does not know of this either this resembles dramatic irony.

 "Drive the corruption from the land, don't harbor it any longer, past all cure, don't nurse it in your soil-root it out!" This quote symbolizes dramatic irony because Creon is explaining that the people of Thebes should drive the traitor (Oedipus) out of Thebes. Oedipus says to his subjects how could he fail to see that Thebes is dying. This foreshadows Oedipus becoming a blind man. Oedipus is a murderer and an arrogant person and these identities represent his fate in the play.