Irony In Sophocles Oedipus Rex

In Oedipus, King Laios and Jocasta were warned by the oracle that if they were to get married they would have a son who would kill the king and marry the queen. They ignored these warning and got married and had a child. They both decided it was best to send him away to keep the prophesy from coming true. However, the baby was saved and taken to a nearby city. Oedipus comes back to Thebes and the prophesy comes true. This play is full of ironical twists that add to the drama and suspense of it all. Some of these ironic twists include king Laios and Jocasta getting rid of their child to keep the prophesy from coming true, Oedipus coming back and trying to seek the King's murderer, and Oedipus mocking Tiresias blindness but in reality he was the blind one.
However, they both decided to ignore the warning Tiresias and the oracle had given them and instead decided to get rid of their child. He was found by shepherds on a mountain and taken to Corinth where he was raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope. Oedipus learns from the oracle at Delphi about the prophesy and flees Corinth. On his way to Thebes, Oedipus encounters a traveling caravan. There is some road rage which causes Oedipus to kill King Laios, his father. He then solves the riddle of the sphinx which instantly makes him a hero. He then marries the queen, which he later finds out is his own mother. By getting rid of Oedipus and abandoning him in a mountain, the king and queen doomed themselves and sealed the prophesy. They had a child even though the oracle at Delphi told them what would happen. There was no way around it and the inevitable