“An audience awareness about a subject that differs from what the characters know.” Dramatic irony shows up intensely in the playwrite from William Shakespeare named Much Ado About Nothing. It releases suspense in the minds of the reader, or audience and controls the audience so they are on the edge of their seat. The characters use many examples of dramatic irony to strike worry, and fear in the hearts of the readers.
First of all, dramatic irony possess the brains of the readers and makes the play superior and more intense then without it. In the play it readers, “ I will assume they part in some disguise, and tell her I am Claudio”(Shakespeare 11). When Don Pedro wants to help Claudio with Hero, he is going to dress like Claudio and try to woo her. Hero doesn’t know that this was a setup for Claudio’s benefit. Another remark from the …show more content…
In the play Don Pedro spoke, “I will in the interim undertake one of Hercules’ labors, which is to bring signor Benedick and lady Beatrice into a mountain of affection with each other”(Shakespeare 29). Bendick and Beatrice are full of despise with each other and don’t want to have anything to do with one another. This creates suspense for the reader because they don’t know if Don Pedro is going to succeed in one of “Hercules trials.” In another quote from Borachio it reads, “Tonight I have wooed margaret… I should first tell the Prince, Claudio, and my master…” Conrad suggest, “ And they thought Margaret was Hero? Borachio answered, “But the devil my master knew she was Margaret”(Shakespeare 56). When Conrad had a mischievous plan to ruin the wedding of Hero and Claudio, a watchman heard and told Dogberry which is the captain of the police force. The message didn’t get to Hero so they had no idea that Claudio furiously hurt Hero’s feelings was a set up from Borachio and