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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dramatic irony is when the audience understands more about a situation than some of the characters do. Oftentimes, this understanding leads to an element of suspense because we know the character(s) will learn the truth eventually – but we don’t know when or how.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.

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.