ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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: -dramatic irony is when an audience knows or comes to realize something that a character in the literature does not know. 3. irony of situation is a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results. Irony involves the perception that things are not what they are said to be or what they seem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dramatic irony is a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do. Dramatic irony is often the result of a story having shifting perspectives or a character being absent from a scene or chapter that reveals important information to the audience.

Detailed explanation-4: -The purpose of dramatic irony in creative writing is to engage the reader with the story. The writer does this by privileging the reader with information that the characters do not have. This creates a sense of tension between what the reader knows and how the characters behave.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dramatic irony examples in literature We know she’s an imposter, but some characters do not. In Romeo and Juliet, the title characters commit suicide because they don’t know about each other’s plans. In Othello, the title character is led to believe his wife cheated on him – but we know she didn’t.