dramatic irony
noun[U]
literature,theatre & filmspecializeduk/drəˌmæt.ɪk ˈaɪ.rə.ni/us/drəˌmæt̬.ɪk ˈaɪ.rə.ni/thesituationin which theaudienceof aplayknowssomething that thecharactersdo notknow:
(指剧中人未察觉而观众却能领会的)戏剧性讽示Thedramaticironyiscreatedbecause neither thefairyrulersnorthehumanloversknowwhat theoutcomeof Puck'sactionswill be.因为无论是神灵统治者还是人类恋人都不知道帕克的行为会带来什么后果,这样一来戏剧性讽示便建立起来了。
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- Grinch
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy