What are some examples of Sophocless use of dramatic irony in his play Oedipus Rex?

Dramaticarises from a circumstance in which an audience member knows something about a
character or situation in a play that a character doesn't know.

A person
unfamiliar with the ancient Greekmyth as dramatized in 's would experience
far fewer examples of dramatic irony in the play than a person who is already familiar with the
myths surrounding Oedipus.

An audience member watching a performance of
Oedipus Rex at the Festival of Dionysus in 429 BC was already familiar with
the Oedipus myth. They heard the myth repeated time and time again from a young age, and they
knew the myth of Oedipus and theinvolved in the story as well as a modern audience member knows
any fairy tale or superhero adventure story.

The playgoer in 429 BC knew
before the play begins that Oedipus killed his father, Laius, and married his mother,. They knew
that Oedipus saved Thebes from the Sphinx. They knew the names of Oedipus and Jocasta's four
children. They may have...