dramaticIrony

P140237 predicate

Indicates a situation where the audience or reader knows critical information that one or more characters do not, creating a contrast between character perception and reality.

Observed surface forms (2)

Sample triples (4)

Subject Object
Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history JackUnderestimatesDanger
The Wizard and I Elphaba’s expectations about the Wizard contrast with later events
Viola from Twelfth Night (intertextual reference)
surface form: Viola (Twelfth Night)
audience knows her true identity while characters do not via predicate surface "dramaticIronySource"
When We Are Married yes via predicate surface "hasDramaticIrony"