dramatic irony

• Procédé littéraire ou théâtral dans lequel le spectateur ou le lecteur en sait plus que les personnages sur une situation ou leur destin, créant ainsi une tension dramatique ou un effet comique.

A literary and theatrical device where the audience or reader knows more about a situation or a character's fate than the characters themselves do, creating tension or humor.

1. Literary deviceB2formal

   A situation in a story or play where the audience knows more about the events than the characters do, creating tension or humor.

   ironie dramatique

   • In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo thinks she is dead, creating dramatic irony.
   • The play uses dramatic irony when the hero walks into a trap that the audience has already seen being set.
   • Dramatic irony makes the audience feel anxious because they know the truth the character is unaware of.