Let us remind ourselves of the definition of dramatic
irony. Dramatic irony is a form of irony when one character and/or the audience knows
something that other characters do not. The classic example is of course in
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, where at the end, the audience
knows that Juliet is just about to come to life again, but Romeo does not, and he kills
himself just before it happens.
Thinking about this
concept, it is clear that one example of dramatic irony could concern Mildred's attempt
to kill herself and then her subsequent unawareness of this fact and what was done to
save her the next morning. When Montag asks Mildred about last night, she
responds:
"What? Did we have a wild party or something?
Feel like I've a hangover. God, I'm hungry. Who was
here?"
Her inability to
remember what happened is an excellent example of dramatic irony, as is her assumption
that they had a party and she is suffering from a hangover rather than the after-effects
of having her life saved from her suicide attempt.
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