5. Irony is a rhetorical device that creates an incongruity through words used to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning (verbal irony) or between what might be
expected and what actually occurs (situational irony). Find two instances of irony (either situational or
verbal) used in Oedipus the King. Write and briefly explain how each instance demonstrates irony.

Irony is a figure of speech or literary device in which what actually happens is completely different or opposite from the reader or audience's expectations

Explanation:

i think that the quotes in paragraph 11 contribute to the development of ideas because it provides a good reasoning of the central idea of the text.

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.