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Definition of Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a character's understanding of a given situation, and that of the... read full definition
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a character's understanding of a given... read full definition
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a... read full definition
Key Examples in Go Set a Watchman
Part 4, Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Knocked Up:
In a flashback scene in Part 4, Chapter 11, there is a moment of dramatic irony when Jean Louise talks with her friend Ada Louise after having been kissed by Albert in the schoolyard:
Ada Louise explains the steps necessary to make a baby:
"Well, first of all it takes a boy. Then he hugs you tight and breathes real hard and then he French-kisses you. That's when he kisses you and opens his mouth and sticks his tongue in your mouth—"
A ringing noise in her ears obliterated Ada Belle's narratives. She felt the blood leave her face. Her palms grew sweaty and she tried to swallow. She would not leave. If she left they would know it [...] There was no mistaking it, Albert had stuck out his tongue at her. She was pregnant.
