Question

Dramatic irony means that

A. everything works out in the end.
B. things are going to end very badly for someone.
C. the audience knows something the character or characters don't.
D. the cosmos, state, family, and individual follow the same pattern.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. the audience knows something the character or characters don't.

This is a fairly common element in plays and has been used as far back as ancient Greece.