Dramatic Irony and Tension
Literature in English · Secondary 3 · Drama and Theatricality · 3.º Período

Dramatic Irony and Tension

Examine how playwrights manipulate audience knowledge to build suspense and dramatic irony.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesLO2: Understand the ways in which writers' choices of form, structure and language shape meaningsLO1: Respond critically to texts

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Examine how playwrights manipulate audience knowledge to build suspense and dramatic irony.

Key Questions

  1. How does the audience's knowledge differ from the characters'?
  2. What is the effect of this discrepancy?
  3. How is tension sustained throughout the act?

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