read the excerpt from act 2 of a dolls house.\nnora: putting her arms round her neck dear old anne, you were…

read the excerpt from act 2 of a dolls house.\nnora: putting her arms round her neck dear old anne, you were a good mother to me when i was little.\nnurse: little nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me.\nnora: 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.\nhow does ibsen use dramatic irony to create the suspense in this passage?\n○ nora does not know that the nurse was her only mother, but the audience does.\n○ nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.\n○ the nurse does not understand how important she is to nora, but nora does.\n○ the nurse does not know that nora will leave her children, but the audience does.

read the excerpt from act 2 of a dolls house.\nnora: putting her arms round her neck dear old anne, you were a good mother to me when i was little.\nnurse: little nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me.\nnora: 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.\nhow does ibsen use dramatic irony to create the suspense in this passage?\n○ nora does not know that the nurse was her only mother, but the audience does.\n○ nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.\n○ the nurse does not understand how important she is to nora, but nora does.\n○ the nurse does not know that nora will leave her children, but the audience does.

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Brief Explanations:

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not. In this passage, Nora is talking about her children and what would happen if they had no other mother. The audience, however, knows that Nora is planning to leave her children (a key plot point in A Doll's House), while the nurse (and Nora in her current statement, as she is cut off by saying "What nonsense I am talking!") is unaware of Nora's impending departure. This contrast between the audience's knowledge and the character's (the nurse's) ignorance creates suspense as the audience wonders how the situation will unfold.

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