Oedipus Journal #1

The point of view in the story changes, depending who is on the stage. You see the play as an outsider looking in, and therefore can learn parts of the story that other characters do no know about. When Tiresias tells the audience that Oedipus is the son and husband of Jocasta, and that he killed Laius, who was also his father, this is something that Oedipus does not know. The story is not told by Tiresias, but we hear his personal thoughts. Tiresias is not seen again, so the story is not told from what he knows. Oedipus is in most of the scenes but the story is not told from his point of view either, as there are scenes that he is not in. The change in point of view makes it so that the audience can be more informed than the some of the characters, creating dramatic irony.