Question

Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.

Mrs. Linde [looking at her watch]: Not yet—and the time is nearly up. If only he does not—. [Listens again.] Ah, there he is. [Goes into the hall and opens the outer door carefully. Light footsteps are heard on the stairs. She whispers.] Come in. There is no one here.

Krogstad [in the doorway]: I found a note from you at home. What does this mean?

Mrs. Linde: It is absolutely necessary that I should have a talk with you.

Krogstad: Really? And is it absolutely necessary that it should be here?

Mrs. Linde: It is impossible where I live; there is no private entrance to my rooms. Come in; we are quite alone. The maid is asleep, and the Helmers are at the dance upstairs.

Which statement best explains how the conventions of plot and setting contribute to the theme?

The use of letters and secret meetings develops the theme that hiding the truth will eventually lead to hardship.
The use of questions develops the theme that the truth can be discovered only by asking the right questions.
The use of doorways develops the theme that being too open about the truth can cause conflict and heartache.
The use of conversations beginning abruptly develops the theme that getting to the point will always reveal the truth.

Answer 1

The use of letters and secret meetings develops the theme that hiding the truth will eventually lead to hardship.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since everyone is having to interact with eachother in a secretive way with secert meetings and letters, the plot and the setting is providing with proof and foreseeing that eventually it will be hard for them to continue gathering and to continue to have the realtionship or interactions that they are having right now, that is why the correct option is: Which statement best explains how the conventions of plot and setting contribute to the theme?

The use of letters and secret meetings develops the theme that hiding the truth will eventually lead to hardship.

Answer 2

"The use of letters and secret meetings develops the theme that hiding the truth will eventually lead to hardship" best explains the conventions of plot and setting contribute to the theme.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because, Mrs. Linde has left a note to meet her alone while Krogstad mysteriously came to visit her denotes that either meeting in public or in an open space will eventually lead to an issue that will be beyond their control. Here in the given options, both hiding the truth and revealing the truth will lead them to hardship. Revealing the truth will mess up both the lives and the people who are related to them as well. But hiding the truth is much worse as it will have a lot more consequences.