Question

The discrepancy between what a character thinks and what the audience knows is called dramatic irony. Which of the following events in Antigone is an example of dramatic irony?
1.Creon blames the guard for burying Polyneices, whereas Antigone is actually the one who buries him according to the proper rites.

2.Ismene pleads with Antigone to accept Creon’s orders when Antigone tries to convince Ismene to aid her in burying Polyneices.

3.The chorus celebrates victory at the beginning of the play when one of the citizens of Thebes, Polyneices, has become a casualty of war.

4.Creon denies a hero’s burial to Polyneices, while he simultaneously grants Eteocles, Polyneices’s brother, a hero’s burial.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 1.Creon blames the guard for burying Polyneices, whereas Antigone is actually the one who buries him according to the proper rites.

That is a dramatic irony example because the audience knows the truth unlike Creon.