Dramatic Irony is a narrative device which allows the reader or viewer to have information that is not available to the protagonist e.g. there is something lurking in the shadows. The audience understands the danger/conflict/stakes before the protagonist and, therefore, it heightens their sense of dread. In the latest Mark Trail, Jack Elrod takes dramatic irony one step further. He baits the reader with information that the antagonist doesn't know. Critical information which will foil the antagonist's plan. Therefore, logic dictates, that the audience may foretell the story's conclusion. In another ironic twist, Elrod draws out the obvious story for an additional four weeks. I call this Dramatic Pain.
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