Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Nora: [putting her arms round her neck] Dear old Anne, you were a good mother to me when I was little. Nurse: Little Nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me. Nora: And if my little ones had no other mother, I am sure you would-What nonsense I am talking! [Opens the box.] Go in to them. Now I must-. You will see tomorrow how charming I shall look.

How does Ibsen use dramatic irony to create the suspense in this passage?

Nora does not know that the nurse was her only mother, but the audience does.

Nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.

The nurse does not understand how important she is to Nora, but Nora does.

The nurse does not know that Nora will leave her children, but the audience does.

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Chad Barnes

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28 October, 08:57

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Nora: [putting her arms round her neck] Dear old Anne, you were a good mother to me when I was little. Nurse: Little Nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me. Nora: And if my little ones had no other mother, I am sure you would-What nonsense I am talking! [Opens the box.] Go in to them. Now I must-. You will see tomorrow how charming I shall look.

How does Ibsen use dramatic irony to create the suspense in this passage?

Nora does not know that the nurse was her only mother, but the audience does.

Nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.

The nurse does not understand how important she is to Nora, but Nora does.

The nurse does not know that Nora will leave her children, but the audience does.

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Philip Archer · Answer 1

B

Explanation:

Nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.

Lillianna Massey · Answer 2

The right answer is: "The nurse does not know that Nora will leave her children, but the audience does."

When Torvald humiliates Nora, he tries to apologize with her, but she has changed, she realized her husband is a very strange man for her and in her marriage was always a doll, so she decided the only way to recognize herself is leaving from the house.