What is an example of dramatic irony in "The Necklace?"

It is difficult to explain an example of dramatic irony in “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. Dramatic irony is a literary device in which the reader or audience knowns something in a piece of literature, about a character or their situation, that the characters do not. In “The Necklace” there is never an overt time when the author tells the reader something that the characters are not aware of. There may be an implied action that could be considered dramatic irony. When Madame Loisel’s friend readily agrees to allow her to pick out a piece of jewelry and lends her what seems to be a very expensive diamond necklace one might infer that she is being extremely benevolent or the jewelry is not what it seems. The reader receives the news that the necklace was an imitation at the same time that the character does therefore it is a better example of situational irony than dramatic irony.