dramatic irony

dramatic irony

n.

The dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of the incongruity.

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dramatic irony

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(Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc., are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

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dramatic irony - (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs