Read the excerpt from act 2 of ADoll's. House. Rank: Let me play for her. Helmer (getting up). Yes do. I can correct her better then. IRANK sits down at the piano and plays NORA dances more and more wildly HELMER has taken up a position beside the stove, and during her dance gives her frequent instructions. She does not seem to hear him; her hair comes down and falls over her shoulders; she pays no attention to it, but goes on dancing. Enter MRS. LINDE: Mrs. Linde: Istanding as if spell-bound in the doorway] Oh!- Nora: [as she dances)Such fun, Christine! Helmer: My dear darling Nora, you are dancing as if your Which stalement best describes the dramatic irony in this passage? The audience knows that the tarantella is supposed to be wikily fast, but Helmer does not. The audience knows that Nora is intentionally failing to dance correctly, but Helmer does not. The audience knows that Helmer does not know how to dance, but Nora does not know this. The audience knows that Doctor Rank loves Norn. but Helmer does not know that he does.

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Read the excerpt from act 2 of ADoll's. House. Rank: Let me play for her. Helmer (getting up). Yes do. I can correct her better then. IRANK sits down at the piano and plays NORA dances more and more wildly HELMER has taken up a position beside the stove, and during her dance gives her frequent instructions. She does not seem to hear him; her hair comes down and falls over her shoulders; she pays no attention to it, but goes on dancing. Enter MRS. LINDE: Mrs. Linde: Istanding as if spell-bound in the doorway] Oh!- Nora: [as she dances)Such fun, Christine! Helmer: My dear darling Nora, you are dancing as if your Which stalement best describes the dramatic irony in this passage? The audience knows that the tarantella is supposed to be wikily fast, but Helmer does not. The audience knows that Nora is intentionally failing to dance correctly, but Helmer does not. The audience knows that Helmer does not know how to dance, but Nora does not know this. The audience knows that Doctor Rank loves Norn. but Helmer does not know that he does.

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The audience knows that Nora is intentionally failing to dance correctly, but Helmer does not.

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## Step 1 The problem is asking us to identify the best description of dramatic irony in the given excerpt from act 2 of "A Doll's House". Dramatic irony is a literary device where the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not. ## Step 2 In this excerpt, we can see that Nora is intentionally dancing wildly, which is different from her usual graceful and slow style. This change in her behavior is a deliberate act on her part. ## Step 3 The audience is aware of Nora's intentional behavior, but Helmer, her husband, is not. He believes that she is dancing wildly because she is overwhelmed by joy, not because she is intentionally trying to do so. ## Step 4 This creates a situation of dramatic irony because the audience knows something that Helmer does not. The audience is aware of Nora's intentional behavior, while Helmer is not.

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