dramatic irony

[ druh-mat-ik ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

dramatic irony

theatre the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

First recorded in 1905–10

When the war does intervene, it serves as a source of dramatic irony.

Prague Fatale is authentic because Kerr can muffle the horror of this epoch in dramatic irony but he can also shout it out loud.

It is a sense of the value of contrasting situation which produces the best dramatic irony.

Exit Scales, laughing, and presenting a fine example of dramatic irony to any one in the secret of Fate.

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