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Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning to the audience, and give the audience a depth of understanding that the characters do not have. This can create intense suspense or humor.
Suspense is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. It leaves the reader holding their breath and/or waiting for/wanting more.
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Identify a piece of dramatic irony from Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial ‘M’ for Murder (i.e. an example of when you, the audience, knew something that one or more characters did not). How is it an example of dramatic irony? In what ways did it help to create suspense? Explain, using specific examples or details from the film in your response. In order to receive credit, be sure to include YOUR NAME when posting.
I think in the movie "Dial M for Murder" the biggest piece of dramatic irony is when Mark was sitting on Margot's bed and Tony's suitcase full of money. It's dramatic irony because we know Tony put the suitcase on Margot's bed and we didn't expect Mark to sit on it. That scene for me created a lot of suspense because I didn't know if Mark was going to get up and leave or if he was going to find it and put all the pieces together.
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Jonathan Cooper
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an example of dramatic irony in "dial m for murder"
is when tony wendice hires a hit man to kill his wife
for being unfaithful but she doent know he knows.
tony hires the hit man who knows tony. Tony him called
him to the house using a fake name claming that
he hurt his knee. the the night after he tried to kill her
and got killed himself. in the end tony gets arested
Jessica Hanney
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In "Dial M for Murder" by Alfred Hitchcock there was many moments of dramatic irony and suspense. One time was at the end when everyone knew what Tony did but he didn’t know that they knew. He didn’t know that everyone was inside but, we all knew they were. This created suspense because we didn’t know if he was going to find the key and open the door. When he left when the key didn’t work then stopped we saw that he was thinking. When he came inside and used the key under the stair carpet we all knew what was happening. Then when he walked in they all knew and he tried to leave. When he opened the door to leave the other agent was there in the doorway. Tony clapped, congratulated them on finding out and took a drink while everyone stared at him.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s "Dial ‘M’ for Murder," an example of dramatic irony was when C.J. Swan was hiding behind the curtains in Tony’s house while Margot was taking the call on the phone intended for Swan from Tony. We knew that he was hiding behind the curtains, but Margot didn't know that he was there. This made it very suspenseful and made the audience scared about what will happen next. It is an example of dramatic irony because we know something that one of the characters does not, which in this case was Swan lurking behind the curtains ready to murder Margot. It created suspense because we didn't know if she would be murdered or if Swan would back out.
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A piece of writing that I found as dramatic irony is when Mark Halliday was describing how Tony Wendice planned a murder on his wife Margot, while he was only trying to make a thriller/mystery book. I found it as dramatic irony because we knew that Tony had actually planned to murder his wife exactly as Mark had described it. It helped make suspense because I thought Tony was going to unwillingly confess to the his wifes planned murder, but of course he doesn't.
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I think that the biggest piece of dramatic irony in the movie, “Dial M for Murder” is when Margot and Mark think that Tony doesn’t know a thing about their love for each other. They really don’t know what we (the audience) know, which is that Tony knows about the whole thing and he was so angry, that he was planning a murder for Margot for over a year. They kept on thinking that he only found out when Mark and the Inspector Hubbard told him about the letter and Mark confessed that he loved him, all the way until they found out about the murder. This piece of dramatic irony creates suspense because at the beginning, we are all wondering what will happen when they do find out, and how will Margot react to this horrific news.
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In Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” there are many moments of dramatic irony. A great example of this is when C.J Swan is hiding behind the curtains at Margots house. Margot receives a call when Swan jumps out from behind the curtain and attempts to strangle her. We had known that Swan had been there but Margot did not that is why it is a good example of dramatic irony. This scene brought great suspense to the the movie because we did not know what would happen when Swan was behind the curtains and it was very exciting to watch and see what would happen.
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One piece of dramatic irony was when I knew Tony was blackmailing Margot. It is an example of irony by how no one in the movie knew that Tony was blackmailing her and wanted to kill her. It helped create suspense by how I wanted the characters to know Tony was the bad guy. Margot tells Mark she is being black mailed but doesn't know who it is. Also Margot was weak. She obeyed what Tony says but at the same time she has to at least not obey.
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Good example of irony is when Mark was describing Tony's plan to Kill Margot. Mark didn't know he was describing his plan exactly the way it went. This creates suspense because you would want to know what Tony was thinking what he was doing what was he thinking knowing that Mark knows how Tony had planned Margot's murder. Tony at that time was probably scared and was probably thinking how he would know but that's exactly that's why it creating suspense
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ReplyDeleteIn “Dial M for Murder” By:Alfred Hitchcock there was many moments of Dramatic Irony and Suspense. An example is when C.J. Swan was hiding behind the curtains at the Wendice household. THe house got a call so Margot went to go answer it then C.J. Swan jumped out and tried to strangle her to death. We knew that C.J. was there, Margot did not. This scene shows suspense because we don't know what is going to happen next and it turns out that Margot killed C.J.
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An example of dramatic irony from Alfred Hitchcock's film "Dial 'M' for Murder" is when Tony arranges Margo's murder but no one suspects he would do such a thing. This scene creates suspense because the future is questioned and the audience are anxious to know if their knowledge will come to the characters' cognition. After the murder fails and Tony comes to investigate Margo cries in his shoulder. In the upcoming days Margo follows Tony's orders, stays close to him, and never even has the thought to suspect him.
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One piece of dramatic irony from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial ‘M’ for Murder” is that Margot Wendice didn't know that her husband made a plan to murder her by blackmailing CJ Swan. It is an example of dramatic irony because Margot wouldn’t even suspect that her husband would think of doing anything like that, also because us the audience knows that he attempted to murder her and Margot doesn’t. It helps to create suspense because we don’t know if she is going to find out or not.
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In “Dial ‘M’ for Murder” by Alfred Hitchcock, there are many examples of dramatic irony and suspense. One major example is when Mark Halliday is explaining the way Tony Wendice planned the murder to be done by C.J. Swan to Tony’s wife without even knowing that Tony was a part of it. It is dramatic irony because Mark didn't know that Tony was involved in the murder and already knew all the details of the way the murder happened. Tony knew exactly what Mark was talking about, what really happened and the way its supposed to happen but Mark had no clue that Tony knew. This act of dramatic irony creates suspense because you didn't know what Tony was going to do or if he was going to make another lie and disagree the way Mark thought it happened . Another way it created suspense was that you didn't know if Mark would find the truth about Tony and he will be excused of murder.
ReplyDeleteIn Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” there were many moments of dramatic irony and suspense. I think a big piece of dramatic irony in the scene is when C.J. Swan hid behind the curtains at Mr and Mrs. Wendice’s home. The phone rang so Margot got up from bed and answered it when Swan came out from behind the curtains and tried to strangle her. The audience knew that Swan was behind the curtains but Margot did not. The scene shows dramatic irony because the audience knows something that one of the characters in the scene doesn’t. The scene showed suspense because the audience didn’t know who would die or if anybody was going to.
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One piece of dramatic irony is that I know tony was planning to kill Margot and he was the blackmailer and the character's in the movie didn't know
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In the movie, Dial M for Murder , by Alfred Hitchcock there are some pieces in the movie with dramatic irony and suspense. One piece of dramatic irony was when no one could figure out where the key was under the step till the end of the movie. I would expect them to find the key like half way thru the movie. The second piece of dramatic irony was when Margot kills CJ Swan which was a complete plot curve! the plan was for CJ Swan to kill Margot, MArgot kills CJ Swan! One of the scenes of suspense in the movie was when Margot got up to go and answer the phone and CJ was right behind her in the curtains and strangled Margot. This was really creepy. Another scene of suspense was when the chief finally found and was coming together to find out that Tony had planned the whole thing. These are the things that I thought made this movie dramatic and suspenseful!
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Aimee Mahler
ReplyDeleteWhen Mark figures out how Tony planned to murder Margot without knowing he figured it out is an example of dramatic irony. It’s an example of dramatic irony because we know that’s how Tony planned to murder Margot but Mark doesn’t know that’s how Tony planned to murder Margot. It creates suspense because the audience knows that what Mark is explaining is how Tony actually tried to kill Margot. We also assume that Mark will figure out that what he’s explaining is true. We also start to wonder what Tony is going to do to Mark since he knows that Tony planned to murder his own wife.