Dramatic irony means that

A. everything works out in the end.

B. the audience knows something the character or characters don't.

C. things are going to end very badly for someone.

D. the cosmos, state, family, and individual follow the same pattern

Dramatic irony means that

B. the audience knows something that the character or characters don't.

An example of dramatic irony is when the viewer of a movie knows that a murderer is upstairs in the baby's room, but the family doesn't, so they go upstairs to check on the baby. Dramatic irony can often be frustrating for readers or viewers.