... he thinks. On the other hand, Oedipus is portrayed as being a sort of "father-figure" to his people, the citizens of Thebes, as he says things like, "Oh my children". He is their king and he shows concern for their well-being by saying "my spirit grieves for the city", as there is a plague on the city, and he tries to help by finding a solution to the problem. "I sent Creon...to Delphi...to learn what I might do or say to save our city." Sophocles portrays Oedipus as blind to the truth of the situation by using a lot of irony. To the audience watching this means that they know something that Oedipus doesn't and so he looks slightly ridiculous. Sophocles does this by, for example, having Oedipus say that he curses the man that killed Laius and will find him, but he doesn't realise that he is talking about ...

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