Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13 AIL 1215 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dramatic Irony, as the Anchor Defines It
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The idea
The glossary gives dramatic irony inside its Irony entry: a situation where the reader knows something about circumstances that a character does not, so the character acts in a way we recognise as grossly inappropriate. It has no headword of its own despite being the band's central device.
In practice
The audience knows; the character does not.
Where people slip
Defined inside another entry.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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