Question

Mrs. Linde knows that she has always loved Krogstad, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know this at the beginning of the scene.

• Mrs. Linde knows that she is taking Krogstad's job, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know that this will happen.
Krogstad has always been in love with Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know this at the beginning of the scene.
© Krogstad is going to try to take his job back from Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs.
Linde does not know that this will happen.

Answer 1

Krogstad is going to try to take his job back from Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know that this will happen.

Krogstad is going to try to reclaim his position from Mrs. Linde, and the audience is aware of this, but Mrs. Linde is unaware. Dramatic irony comes in act II when Nora tries to assist her companion Mrs. Linde and persuades her husband to fire Krogstad and hire Mrs. Linde.

Nora's aims fail as Krogstad then vows to disclose Nora's forgeries if he is not returned to his lost job.

How does Ibsen use dramatic irony to heighten suspense in this scene? Mrs. Linde knows that she has always loved Krogstad, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know this at the beginning of the scene. Mrs. Linde knows that she is taking Krogstad's job, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know that this will happen. Krogstad has always been in love with Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know this at the beginning of the scene. Krogstad is going to try to take his job back from Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know that this will happen.