Re: Dramatic Irony
Suspense is a feeling created in the audience of dreading something that they know about that the audience doesn't. However, it is different from dramatic irony because there is no different meaning.
Dramatic irony is the situation where the meaning of a moment is different because the audience knows something the characters don't.
Situational irony is when actions have a result the opposite of what was intended.
Irony, in general, means that the meaning is different from the literal meaning.
So the situation with the bomb under the table is suspense, but it's NOT dramatic irony unless, for example, I'm inviting you to stay with me for tea, and I know there's a bomb (as the audience does) and I know that you staying for tea will result in you getting blown up. In that case, it can be both suspense and dramatic irony, but dramatic irony specifically requires the changed meaning.
Suspense is a feeling created in the audience of dreading something that they know about that the audience doesn't. However, it is different from dramatic irony because there is no different meaning.
Dramatic irony is the situation where the meaning of a moment is different because the audience knows something the characters don't.
Situational irony is when actions have a result the opposite of what was intended.
Irony, in general, means that the meaning is different from the literal meaning.
So the situation with the bomb under the table is suspense, but it's NOT dramatic irony unless, for example, I'm inviting you to stay with me for tea, and I know there's a bomb (as the audience does) and I know that you staying for tea will result in you getting blown up. In that case, it can be both suspense and dramatic irony, but dramatic irony specifically requires the changed meaning.
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