Dramatic Irony
What will happen? Only the audience knows!
What's the definition?
Dramatic Irony is when drama is understood by the audience, but not grasped by the characters.
Jaws
The person doesn't know jaws is coming to eat them, but the screan shows the audience.
Scream
The girls doesn't know the killer is behind her, but the audience knows because the camera shows it.
Romeo and Juilet
Romeo thinks Juilet was dead so he killed himself. Juliet thinks Romeo is dead so she also kills herself. The audience knows that they were both alive together.
Exsample sentences
1. Two people are getting married but the audience knows the man is going to run out on her.
2. The characters in Frozen don't know Elsa has powers, but the audience does.
3. In Mulan all the men in the war thought she was a man, but the audience knows she's a women.