Question

22. Read the following scenario and determine what type of irony is present.
In the Disney film The Lion King, we--as the audience--know that Scar was the real
killer of Mufasa, Simba's father. The rest of the lion pride does not find out the truth
until the end of the story and Simba has been blamed for his father's death for many
years until this information is revealed.
The example is what form of irony?
a. verbal irony
b. dramatic irony
c. situational irony

Answer 1

Answer:

b. dramatic irony

Explanation:

Dramatic Irony is a type of irony in which the audience is privy to some information to which characters in a book or story are not yet aware of.

With this in mind, in Lion King, the animals in the movie do not know that it is Scar that killed King Mufasa but the audience are aware and this is ab example of dramatic irony.