You know in Mulan when Shang sings, "Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?" DAMN that's intense.

@nataloves

8 жыл бұрын

+slut4berniesanders I know! I spent the whole movie in fear of them noticing the boobs!

@AlphabetCookie

7 жыл бұрын

Perfect example!

@yaelolivares7763

3 жыл бұрын

That song is call make a man.

@pepeqiue

3 жыл бұрын

:0

@A4000

Ай бұрын

Wow. Wait until you realize that Lion King is just Hamlet with Lions.

I love it in horror context... I absolutely wail in frustration in comedies.

@fredfred-kt9vw

7 жыл бұрын

It's the opposite for me!

@thalespro9995

5 жыл бұрын

Navnik BHSilver exactly the sam

@Erika-313

5 жыл бұрын

I think it CAN be great in comedies, but it's overused. It's an easy device for filmmakers to use so when they get lazy they rely on it too much. It's the same with romance novels/movies. Conflicts caused by misunderstandings feel cheap and cliché. People joke about how many movies would be over in five minutes if the character yelling "wait, it's not what it looks like!" instead just explained what actually happened.

@beracahnkurunziza6463

2 жыл бұрын

@@Erika-313 yah whenever i rewatch modern family or shows like that i skip those episodes

@user-ef5pw4fu2y

Жыл бұрын

me too

anyone eles in online school? and has to watch this video?

@hodaya6665

3 жыл бұрын

yep

@papasmurf7437

3 жыл бұрын

yup

@justlee3079

3 жыл бұрын

Luh

@miakiomochi7367

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@Ddrakes3

3 жыл бұрын

@@miakiomochi7367 now i do lol

I can explain dramatic irony in just 5 words: *We know, but they don’t*

Mr. Warner is my teacher (the guy narrating).

@gabrielcarmosino8590

10 жыл бұрын

Same! He's my teacher too!

@dudeihatethis1990

10 жыл бұрын

What class are you in?

@hunterpeterson6122

6 жыл бұрын

dudeihatethis1990 where/when did he teach you?

@keeganh.6336

5 жыл бұрын

you know the people that they put up there arent the narrators your teacher wrote that my teacher told me that she didn't voice her ted ed video she wrote it and it had her name on there Her's was about mamals

@kristi8296

5 жыл бұрын

@@keeganh.6336 The credits say lesson and narration by Christopher Warner though..

That "the audience wants... no, NEEDS" bit cracks me up...

If the guy opens the door where we all know is where the villain is, and appears with a gun to the surprise of the villain and shoots him, will that be dramatic irony irony or just irony?

@dudebrogaming8886

8 жыл бұрын

And he didn't know he was there? Neither. Pure luck. If you know that he WILL do that and the villain doesn't, that would be dramatic irony. If it does know, but neither we or the VILLAN know, that's irony.

@captainjack6758

8 жыл бұрын

+Sujeet Pillai Hahaha, awesome. And what if the villain knows he knows he's there, and wears a bulletproof vest, rendering his shots ineffective? Would that be dramatic irony irony irony, or just irony? Actually, I think with your twist you added, that it would become situational irony at that point. It was something the audience (and villain) didn't expect. ^_^

@amberplays-minecraftmore2646

8 жыл бұрын

+Sujeet Pillai it would be dramatic irony, and by the way there is no just irony. There are the three types of irony which is verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony.

@sagal1374

7 жыл бұрын

he mentioned it before. It's situational irony. You expect the villain to kill the character but instead, the opposite occurs.

@ciaranlittle38

5 жыл бұрын

@@dudebrogaming8886 *neither we nor

Thank you so much for clearing irony up for me! I had no clue what irony meant to me and I have milestones that I am studying for as well and tomorrow is English portion. But because of you I now know all of those irony situations and you may have saved me from getting questions wrong. We will just have to see how I do in my English! Again, thank you. Now I am going to tell my mom because she didn't know either. :)

I love this channel. Tells me things I already know, but help me pinpoint what it is that makes it work. Brilliant and keep it up.

@watermelonidk

3 жыл бұрын

Yo-yos realize it’s the Ted talk show channel but for kids learning?

dramatic irony can be good, but there is such thing as too much, like in Once Upon a Time

@Gardner924

7 жыл бұрын

Oh

@puzzles7413

7 жыл бұрын

⤴oh?

@brandonmendoza4493

6 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? What storylines from Once Upon A Time overuse dramatic irony?

@wontoniotheninja4525

5 жыл бұрын

IKR, I was dying the whole show because there was always some type of misunderstanding or incident, and nobody knew what was going on.

1:10 the light creates a shadow of itself?

@owenboshington

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh its a lantern

@StrangeIndeed

4 жыл бұрын

@@owenboshington what?

Dramatic irony is when you as an audience member know something a character doesn't about them or their world. Suspense is when you are uncertain or anxious about the outcome. They're not the same thing but play well off one another and are commonly paired. When you think something is going to happen and it doesn't, or something unexpected happens instead, that is a plot twist and/or you have been tricked by a narrative red herring.

@emelyb4324

3 жыл бұрын

Tyyy

"You know it'll happen, but you don't know when." I'll keep that one in mind.

Wow that man died in 1:00

MANN.. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!

3 videos about irony. I am clapping Ted ed!

1:51 That guy's OBVIOUSLY being nosy and listening to their conversation.

@davidnagle5134

8 жыл бұрын

+PineApple Head xD Ok that was just too bad at the end to BE a pun.

AMAZINGLY MADE!!! this is so helpful for studying for my test I learned more from this than 2 weeks of school

THE SHOW POWER HAS ALOT OF DRAMATIC IRONY 😳 FINALLY A WORD FOR THIS OBSERVATION #SHOOK

Most dramatic irony filled show in the universe. Hikaru No Go.

@captainjack6758

8 жыл бұрын

+Ni Yao Nice reference! I think Death Note and Code Geass are even more dramatically ironic and suspenseful.

@leticialee8727

7 жыл бұрын

Also Once Upon a Time XD

@nykidxxx

7 жыл бұрын

Dony Christie Code Geass was basically the last scene that stabbed me like 80 times in the chest. T_T

POV: You are here for an online school assignment

@lowchlna

5 ай бұрын

lol

Unfortunately I'm still stuck on the sole lantern projecting a full shadow of itself, but still interesting

completely agree. Especially when characters do things that everyone knows wont turn out well but they do them anyway is the worst.

I thought this would be another video that makes me facepalm. How ironic.

@PRGME7

3 жыл бұрын

You have used the word “ironic” correctly

I've seen dramatic irony in the movie candyman we all knew he was behind the mirror but the main character didn't and he jumped out of the mirror and tried to hurt her

Who are here after 11 years 😎😎😎

An interesting example of dramatic irony in Jane Eyre is the wedding scene. What makes it dramatic irony? Well, in most Victorian-era novels the wedding scene was the end, but Jane Eyre still has a third of the book left. The audience knows something has to happen.

homie overhears their conversation about a surprise party and immediately assumes they're gonna smash his face in a cake? Is he ok?

@PRGME7

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

great as an intro lesson on irony ~ there are three videos

I watched all of the 3 videos about the 3 types of irony. The videos are good

when you feel like you are in on a secret, that is dramatic irony, a hallmark of all the great writers, from Shakespeare to Hitchcock.

The moment that I saw the title I thought that mr krabs keeping the secret formulae a secret That is dramatic irony

That moment when the killer is behind the guy.and you are like GTFO are you LISTENING to me GTFO

great educators and animators

in dramatic irony, does the misunderstanding have to be both ways?

@dwgamer2476

8 жыл бұрын

+Amy Tong No, one character can have a full understanding of a situation. The irony is created when any one character is unaware of something the audience is privy to. For example, in the cliche example of the misconstrued relationship. Bob knows that Sally is his cousin, but his wife's friend, Jane thinks he's cheating. So, that builds up dramatic irony when the plot, or subplot, focuses around Jane's efforts to prove that Bob is a cheater when we the audience maybe had an earlier scene where Sally was introduced as a cousin.

Teacher: look at these vids me I’ve watching 24 of them

This is how GOT works.

@raphaelkap

5 жыл бұрын

And also how the epics of Homer work. And also how modern superhero-action movies sometimes work. It's everywhere.

True horror is without dramatic irony.

thx for the help , i have a mid term tomorrow and this helped me a lot

Fantastic! Thanks! My students love these videos!

Yeah, I feel like it may be an overused technique nowadays, or at least in the ways people tend to use it. Too many times I just find myself annoyed at the tension and just end up hoping it's resolved so we can get on with something useful in the story.

dramatic irony doesn't feel like irony. I've never watched someone walking around a haunted house and thought "how ironic". I thought "how suspenseful/spooky/tense". I think we should all just agree that the meaning of irony has evolved in our society and accept its new usage. It's not like word meanings changing is something new. For example, the word awful came to mean the opposite of what it originally meant. All in favor, say I.

@zanearmstrong6776

9 жыл бұрын

+AppeasingPoet i know right

@zanearmstrong6776

9 жыл бұрын

+AppeasingPoet "I"

@talijordo

8 жыл бұрын

+AppeasingPoet, Dramatic irony is spoken about mostly by literature teachers as a means to discuss an author's purpose and intention, especially in plays (a.k.a.: drama). As such, your point about the definition of "irony" is not 100% accurate, as the word has not evolved in an academic setting. As for in "real life," perhaps you don't use the word, but that doesn't mean that the situation is not ironic, specifically dramatic, it simply means you are describing it in a different way.

I've got one question I'd like to discuss with you, the audience - If verbal irony is when you say something one and do/mean something else, isn't that cynicism? If not, what is the difference between those two terms? Thanks in advance.

@dwgamer2476

8 жыл бұрын

+ABCDinora12 No, that's not what cynicism is at all. Cynicism is a belief that people are motivated by self-interest alone. There is no overlap with saying or doing things opposite of that belief. In fact, most cynics tend to be very honest and up front about their cynicism. Cynics can use irony just like anyone else, but it is not a defining quality of the term. You may be thinking of sarcasm; however, there is an important difference. Sarcasm is more of a sub-category of verbal irony, but it is used solely for the purpose of insulting or hurting feelings. So, looking outside at the rain and saying, "What a lovely day for a picnic," is verbal irony. Telling someone who said something stupid or demonstrated ignorance "Way to go, Einstein," is sarcasm.

This was great for my schoolwork!

the villain that jumped out actually scared me... :(

Anyone else get this for their english class

@chazaan.w6781

2 жыл бұрын

yes Mrs. Hippert

@L1MBO12

Жыл бұрын

yup I'm doing Romeo and Juliet

I kinda want to become a teacher so I have an excuse to watch ted ed all day

You know when the bad guy jumped out of the closet, I was shook. Great. Watching this in bed at nighttime IS AWESOME (verbal irony, by the way)

This might be useful in introducting dramatic irony when studying a work such as "Oedipus."

I like to write Horror Campaigns and bottle episodes. I specialize in Gothic Horror.

I really wanna thank you so so so much! These videos are very helpful. :)

why is it that around 1:18 the lamp he is holding as casting a shadow of itself on the wall?

Really good explained!

Is this irony? Despite working a lot of wedding receptions and knowing about them, my boss never has and never _will_ have a wedding reception for herself. Basically she has so much knowledge and experience on something she ain't ever gonna have (understandably)

I LOVE this explanations!

After her husband was eaten by a giant octopus she had to find a second job.

Dramatic irony, practically the definition for Twelfth Night (heh)

@faeuphoric5983

5 жыл бұрын

armY

What is the difference between dramatic irony and suspense? And how do you call the effect when we think that something is going to happen, but then, it doesn't happen at all?

That happen to me everytime!

there are dramatic ironies where the tension is never lfited, for example in harry potter we know his mother was pregnant for the second time when she was murdered but harry never finds out (only dumbledore, sirius, mcgonagal and lupin know - i suspect some other characters may know but that's not specified)

@sukiofkyoshiisland

8 жыл бұрын

She was? I never heard of that

Dramatic irony in comedies, because you can guess the whole plot from watching the trailer, or simply reading a brief synopsis

This man cant even build on me

Bro you explain so good thank you

Bro..I really hate irony in every show, series, or movie...it gives me anxiety..but without irony, it's nothing but just a blank storyline

Nope, Nope. Nope! I personally hate that in film.

@ololo518

8 жыл бұрын

+Jędrzej Potwór Umiński I SO agree with you. Misunderstandings are just iritating

@Ash_Hudson

7 жыл бұрын

Jędrzej Potwór Umiński Hate is a feeling. Mission accomplished

2:21 She looks like she's shouting with joy.

Anyone see that painting move? 1:13

Thank you so much

Did you mean: Friends

The Beverly Hillbillies excelled in dramatic irony. Heck, that show excelled like a spreadsheet.

him [gets shoved into a cake] me [sucker]

who else has to watch this for school?

I truly agree! :D You couldn't have said it better.

Is dramatic irony ONLY where there is an audience?

My 2 fav KZread channels: Ted Ed Aaron Fraser nash

what if someone says something, but their gestures are doing the opposite?

Brilliant!

Poor Uncle Monty.

lolol "...wants, no, needs..."

is it prediction?

Great!

Tell my teacher to stop giving us mad work

Lovely video.

When the narrator says 'the audience wants....no needs' it looks like they have constipation

This is great

omg u teach better than the teacher THANKS SO MUCH !!

@tobsthebear

8 жыл бұрын

+Vivian Chen You know what's funny? He's my teacher XD

thank you this helped me with my English homework

good job making this movie

i already knew about dramatic irony from my illiad and odysea class at school

now that is what we must call "THE LINK"

Yeah, the two best KZread-related decisions I ever made were subscibing to TED, and to Smarter Every Day. Some of that crap has changed my life...

Dramatic irony only works when the audience DOES know something. For example, for someone like my friend with the social awareness of Sheldon Cooper, a lot of the humor on The Big Bang Theory doesn't really do much.

@slowboioi4192

5 жыл бұрын

Oh that's a comedy? I thought it was asmr.

the itachi arc

I have a teacher named Mr. Warner. But he’s a math teacher. Not English.

This very helpful

Christopher Warner is an Irony expert.

Socratic Irony is a type of Verbal Irony. and a Merriam-Webster video entry on irony says the word has a vagueness to its meaning.

ayoo here for school

thank youu

So it is called dramatic irony, cool ^_^