What is dramatic irony?

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is going on in the play, but the characters on stage do not.

Dramatic irony is when the audience is aware of a particular event or action on stage which has been disclosed by a certain character but the other characters are unaware of this: it is a little like being in on the secret. The audience member, or the reader, is treated to inside information.

It's bitter-sweet taste impact on you from the dramatic retelling or performance or a book

Dramatic irony is when you, the reader of the novel or spectator of the play, knows something that the characters do not.

eg In Act 1, Scene 3 of Macbeth, the witches greet Macbeth as Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor: "By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives."

Macbeth (Act one, Scene three, Line 71-72)

The audience already knows Macbeth has been made Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan because the treacherous Thane of Cawdor has been put to death and Duncan has given the title to Macbeth.

Dramatic Irony is when the audience are aware of something but the characters are not.

It’s when the audience knows something that one or more characters in a play doesn’t. For example, in A View from the Bridge - Eddie comes home from drinking and doesn’t know that Catherine and Rodolfo are in the bedroom - the audience knows they are there and that Eddie will be angry so suspense is created.

Hi Justine, it's when the audience knows something that the characters on stage don't.

Dramatic Irony occurs mainly in a play where the audience knows a piece of information that a key character does not.

For example: In Romeo and Juliet the character Paris tells the Friar that he and Juliet are going to be married on a certain day BUT we, in the audience, already know that Juliet has said that she would rather die than marry Paris.

Dramatic irony is a literary technique where it is clear to the audience or the reader what the character is saying or doing by it is unknown to the other characters

This is when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.

A dramatic irony can take place in movies, plays, theatre and sometimes in poetry. We can call dramatic irony a situation where the audience is aware of a factor that the character is not aware of.

As exemple we can use Mcbeth of Shakespeare where Duncan says trusting mcbeth while not being aware of the prophecy of witches fortelling that McBeth is going to be king and kill duncan. The audience is then aware of the prophecy of witches. It is then called a dramatic irony

a dramatic irony has three stage wich are; installation, exploitation and resolution.

To conclude a dramatic irony is useful in stimulationg strong emotions and suspense in the reader awaiting for the character to come to the understandingof the situation

literary device used in a story telling by letting the audience know something that the characters arent yet aware of

Dramatic irony is when the reader/audience is aware of something occurring in a story or play, but the characters aren’t aware of yet. An example would be in Shakespeare’s play “Othello”. Iago is a character that talks to the audience about his schemes and plans to destroy Othello, and Othello is not aware of this.

Dramatic irony is simply when the audience or reader knows something, and a character does not! The point of this technique is to draw the audience into the story, and to create more tension. A fantastic example of dramatic irony is in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', when the naive King Duncan thanks Lady Macbeth for her hospitality inviting him into her home, when the audience knows she is plotting to murder her guest!

Dramatic Irony is when the audience or the reader is aware of information a character in the story is not.

For example in The Tempest, Miranda is unaware Gonzalo is with her on the island. The audience however learn this early.