CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more than the character. It creates tension and suspense. Situational irony occurs when there is a difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. For example, a fire station burning down is a case of situational irony.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is the perspective from which the story is told. An author creates an element of suspense when he or she contrasts the POV of the character with the audience. The reader often knows something is about to happen, but the character does not know (dramatic irony).

Detailed explanation-3: -Most forms of irony display a disparity between what the characters think can, should, or will happen and what actually transpires. This can spark strong feelings in the reader and serve as a way to teach practical or moral lessons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Writers use dramatic irony as a tool to create and sustain the audience’s interest. It generates curiosity. It also creates tension in that the audience is encouraged to fear the moment when characters learn the truth that the viewer already knows and how he or she will deal with it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perhaps the most bitter irony of “The Necklace” is that the arduous life that Mathilde must assume after losing the necklace makes her old life-the one she resented so fully-seem luxurious.