Which statement best explains how Ibsen creates suspense in this passage?
Nora: Oh, you wouldn't understand. Go in to them, I will
come in a moment. [MRS. LINDE goes into the dining-
room. NORA stands still for a little while, as if to
compose herself. Then she looks at her watch.] Five
o'clock. Seven hours until midnight; and then four-and-
twenty hours until the next midnight. Then the Tarantella
will be over. Twenty-four and seven? Thirty-one hours to
live.
O He uses a flashback to show the audience a
possible outcome for one of the play's central
conflicts
O He uses foreshadowing to tell the audience how the
conflicts in the play will ultimately be resolved.
O He uses dramatic irony by sharing Nora's thoughts
with the audience, revealing that Torvald will help
her.
Helmer: [from the doorway on the right] Where's my
little skylark?
Nora: [going to him with her arms outstretched] Here
she is!
-A Doll's House,
Henrik Ibsen
O He uses dramatic irony because the audience
knows that Nora is planning to kill herself, while
Torvald does not