Dramatic irony depends on the audience’s knowing something that a character has not yet realized, or on one character’s knowing something that other characters do not know. It is a crucial literary tool used by authors, poets, and playwrights in some of the most famous stories ever told. Dramatic irony can serve many purposes. It can build suspense, excitement, and allows for a crucial climax. It makes the audience more involved in the …showed first 75 words of 1002 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1002 total…dramatic irony in similar ways. They both incorporate dramatic irony to build up to the climax. In both of these stories, dramatic irony is used to make the audience more involved with the action of the play. Dramatic irony is a literary tool that is used in stories, plays, and poetry throughout the ages. Two effective examples of the usage of dramatic irony are evident in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House and Sophocles’ Oedipus.