Question

Because her "plan" is revealed to the audience but NOT to the other characters in the play, the audience knows more than the characters at this point. What literary device is this an example of, when the audience knows something that characters do not know? Question 12 options:

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Simle

Symbolism

Answer 1

This is called Dramatic Irony. The definition of this is in the question.