Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Nora: [glancing at the card] Oh! [Puts it in her pocket.] Rank: Is there anything wrong? Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something-it is my new dress - Rank: What? Your dress is lying there. Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn't know about it - Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret. Nora: Of course. Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room. Keep him as long as - Rank: Make your mind easy; I won't let him escape. Which statement explains the dramatic irony in this passage?

A.) Nora spent money on another dress, but Rank does not know.

B.) Nora is lying about having a second dress, but Rank does not know.

C.) Nora knows whose name is on the card, but Rank does not know.

D.) Nora is aware of who is in the inner room, but Rank does not know.

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Celeste Ritter

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13 April, 05:17

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Nora: [glancing at the card] Oh! [Puts it in her pocket.] Rank: Is there anything wrong? Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something-it is my new dress - Rank: What? Your dress is lying there. Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn't know about it - Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret. Nora: Of course. Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room. Keep him as long as - Rank: Make your mind easy; I won't let him escape. Which statement explains the dramatic irony in this passage?

A.) Nora spent money on another dress, but Rank does not know.

B.) Nora is lying about having a second dress, but Rank does not know.

C.) Nora knows whose name is on the card, but Rank does not know.

D.) Nora is aware of who is in the inner room, but Rank does not know.

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Gloria Hunt · Answer 1

The correct answer is option letter B. Taken from the three-act play called "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen (1879), Nora lies about having a second dress, but Rank does not know. She chatters about her dress in order to avoid talking about the card she has just received. The dramatic irony of this passage is that the audience is aware of the fact that if Nora receives a visiting card (with a black cross on it), it means "that the horror has begun", that is, that Dr. Rank has shut himself up and die. This is mentioned in the previous lines within the Act 2.