DRAMATICALIRONY

MRS MALAPROP TELLING LYDIA HOW NICE

CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE IS IN COMPARISON TO THE DREADFUL ENSEIGN

BEVERLEY AFTER LYDIA HAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY ARE ONE AND THE

SAME PERSON.

One situation that might apppear

at «THE RIVALS» could be the one which follows:

IN A HORROR MOVIE , SUSPENSE IS OFTEN BUILT UP BY THE USE OF

SPOOKY MUSIC. THE V IEWERS OFTEN KNOW THAT

SOMEONE IS GO ING TO D IE OR GET R IPPED UP.

BECAUSE OF THE MUS IC THAT THEY CAN HEAR- - AND, OF COURSE , THE

CHARACTERS CANNOT .

BECAUSE THE VIEWERS KNOW SOMETHING THE

CHARACTERS DO NOT , THIS IS DRAMATIC IRONY.

A FURTHER EXAMPLE

A SIMILAR EXAMPLE IS WHEN THE MAIN

CHARACTER IS BEING CHASED BY A KILLER AND

WE KNOW THAT THE KILLER IS HIDING IN THE

CLOSET BUT THE CHARACTER DOES NOT

KNOW THAT.