Usually means: Audience knows, characters remain unaware.
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  1. dramatic irony: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dramatic irony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dramatic irony: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dramatic irony: Vocabulary.com
  5. dramatic irony: Wiktionary
  6. dramatic irony: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. dramatic irony: Dictionary.com
  8. Dramatic Irony, Dramatic irony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. dramatic irony: Rhymezone
  10. dramatic irony: Free Dictionary
  11. dramatic irony: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. dramatic irony: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

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  1. dramatic irony: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dramatic irony)

noun:  A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

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