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Dramatic irony and tragic irony: A disparity of awareness
Posted on: November 18, 2020 at 12:43:08 CT
JeffB MU
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between an actor and an observer:
...It is most often used when the author causes a character to speak or act erroneously, out of ignorance of some portion of the truth of which the audience is aware. In tragic irony, the audience knows the character is making a mistake, even as the character is making it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
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In this case, you are calling me out for not being in alignment with what the Founding Fathers thought, while in fact you are far further from the thought of the founding fathers than I am.
Edited by JeffB at 12:43:52 on 11/18/20
...It is most often used when the author causes a character to speak or act erroneously, out of ignorance of some portion of the truth of which the audience is aware. In tragic irony, the audience knows the character is making a mistake, even as the character is making it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
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In this case, you are calling me out for not being in alignment with what the Founding Fathers thought, while in fact you are far further from the thought of the founding fathers than I am.
Edited by JeffB at 12:43:52 on 11/18/20
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Dramatic irony and tragic irony: A disparity of awareness - JeffB MU - 11/18 12:43:08