Question

in passage 3, paragraphs 10 - 15, how does tressas perspective create irony? through tressas lack of awareness of her familys legacy in the theater through the contrast between tressas failure and her grandmothers success through tressas desire for public acclaim in order to feel successful through tressas reliance on external validation to feel motivated passage 3: \the actress\ december 1941: vi stanley listened to the applause with satisfaction, but the feeling was bittersweet. she wasnt on the stage, rather behind it, having written the play her appreciative actors had enjoyed performing. with actors having moved on the horizon, the theater was closing: too many members of the cast and crew were obligated to take on different responsibilities for it to continue to operate. vi left the theater that night and never looked back. may 2018: there was nothing more appealing to tressa lazars ears than the sound of thunderous applause. a broadway star for over a decade, tressa had come to expect her audience to rise to their feet when she came onto the stage to take her bow at the end of a performance. tonight, that sound was infinitely more important since the show she had been appearing in was closing. it had been produced for a limited run, and though there

Explanation:

Irony often involves a contrast or a gap between expectations and reality. In the context of Tressa's situation, if there is a family - theater legacy and she is unaware of it, it creates an ironic situation as she may be missing a significant part of her background while pursuing her own theater - related goals. The other options focus more on individual motivations or contrasts between family members' success/failure in a more straightforward way rather than the ironic lack of awareness of a legacy.

Answer:

through Tressa's lack of awareness of her family’s legacy in the theater