Question

6. Identify Dramatic Irony: Dramatic irony exists when the reader or viewer knows something that one or more of the characters do not. Find three examples of dramatic irony in Act IV and record them in the chart below. Then, explain how they qualify as dramatic irony, citing evidence from the text. Use the example in the text to guide you.

Answer 1

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As shown in the question, dramatic irony occurs when the reader of a text knows information, which the characters do not know. This information was revealed to the reader by the narrator or by one of the characters, but it was not disclosed to all the characters in the work.

An example of this can be seen in "Romeo and Juliet" where readers have access to Juliet's plan with Friar Lawrence to fake her death. Although the reader knows that Juliet is sleeping, her family and Romeo do not know that.