Dramatic irony occurs when the audience (or reader) knows something that one or more of the characters do not. In other words, the audience is one or more steps ahead of the characters in the story. There really are no clues or hints that give the reader this kind of advantage over Madame Loisel, her husband, or any of the other supporting characters. The reader and Madame Loisel learn the necklace is made of fake diamonds at the same time....
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