What is dramatic irony?

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

Dramatic irony is a literary technique where the meaning is expressed in words or actions by a character is clear to the audience but not to the character.

Dramatic irony is a technique used by the writer where the audience knows something that the characters do not.

Hi Justice! Dramatic irony is a form of irony that can be used in literary or theatrical works. The reader or audience knows something that the characters don't, or they know the ending. The characters’ actions have a different meaning for the audience than they do for the actors or characters, so it often lends itself to tragedy.

Something that shows that a response is going over board in regards to the situation.

Dramatic irony is a plot device that is often used in theatre, literature and film. It is used to highlight the difference between a characters understanding of a situation and that of the audiences. Usually with dramatic irony the reader or the audience will have knowledge about some important piece of information, while the character or characters do not yet possess this same knowledge or information.

An example of dramatic irony could be: a girl in a horror film hides in a closet where the monster just went (the audience knows the monster is there, but she does not).

Dramatic irony is a special form of irony which is observed in theatrical and literary works where the audiences and readers know the facts or events more than the lead characters of the works. The actions of the characters are meant for some different meanings to the readers and audiences other than and they are supposed to mean for the characters or the actors. Sometimes, dramatic irony turns to increase tragedy. In a story or movie, it is quite common to observe that verbal or situational irony gets confused with dramatic irony but these three are different concepts. Dramatic irony is completely different from situational irony because, in situational irony, the audiences expect something and the reality or the event is something different. In the case of verbal irony, the words used have some other meaning than they are meant for. Dramatic irony takes place when the readers and audiences have more knowledge about the real facts or events which the characters or the actors do not have. In Literature, dramatic irony has been observed used widely. Suspense is a feeling or state of anxious uncertainty or excitement about any event. In suspense, the use of dramatic irony is popularly observed because the audiences and the readers could be made excited or anxious about the outcomes of the work. In suspense-based stories or movies, it can be seen that the readers and audiences are provided with every information which the actors and the characters do not have and the readers and the audiences feel the tension of the suspense since they cannot warn the actors of the characters about the facts.

When the audience is made aware of something very pertinent to the characters in the play/book, but the characters themselves do not know of it fully (if at all) yet.

Dramatic Irony is when the audience/reader know something the characters do not. For example, in the film Titanic, we know the ship will sink, but the characters do not. This builds tension and a sense of foreboding as we grow to like these individuals and feel for them despite knowing that the chances of survival for them are minimal.

Dramatic irony can lie in a character knowing less than the audience, as with someone waving a gun around unaware that someone has removed all the bullets. It could also describe a situation where someone assumes he has inherited a great fortune, but we know the will has been changed and all the money is going to charity.

Dramatic Irony is a literary device used particularly in Shakespearean plays. Authors use it to create suspense and tension in the play, seldom times, and also to bring in conflict. Dramatic irony occurs when readers or audiences know more details of the plot than the characters, which gives more power to the readers than the ones taking part in the play. Audiences start speculating the storyline and also start making predictions about the events in the play. For instance, in Act 1 Scene 3 of Macbeth, the witches address Macbeth as the 'Thane of Cawdor'. The readers are aware of this fact already because, in Act 1 Scene 3, Duncan had already decreed Ross to award the title of Thane of Cawdor to Macbeth. 

Dramatic Irony refers to when the audience know something that the characters don’t.

Dramatic irony is a technique that was originally used within plays, but is also used in movies now, where something is known or obvious to the audience but not to the characters within the play. For example, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience are told at the beginning of the play from the prologue that a 'pair of star-crossed lovers take their life'. From this the audience now knows that at some point a couple will end up dying but this not known by any characters in the play who think they are all going to live happily ever after. This creates drama throughout the play as the audience do not know when to expect the deaths.

When the author employs dramatic irony, the desired effect is humour. Usually because the audience is aware of something that the character is not. For example in An Inspector Calls when Mr Birling declares the Titanic is 'Unsinkable.' As a modern day audience we know the Titanic did sink, and so this is to humour the audience and undermine the character of Birling.

Dramatic irony is when the audience or reader knows more than a character.

Think about how Priestley effectively uses irony through Mr Birling's speech in Act 1 of his play, 'An Inspector Calls'. Priestley evokes dramatic irony when he makes Mr Birling say all the wrong predictions of the outcomes of events, i.e. the Titanic and the wars, in his speech.

Examples of the direct quotes:

1) The Titanic is "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable." (Later that year, 1912, when the play was set the Titanic sinks when it hit an iceberg causing at least 1,500 deaths.)

2) "The Germans don't want war. Nobody wants war..." (Of course, the two world wars happen soon after the book was set, from 1914...)