Question

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
At the beginning of Act I, the doctor says that Helen will fully recover from her illness.
Annie says that she will put one of the children in her suitcase to take to Alabama.
Helen pins Martha to the ground and takes her scissors.
Helen overturns Mildred's cradle and puts her doll in it.
Annie's flashback about her brother Jimmie

Answer 1

The answer is (1.) ‘At the beginning of Act 1, the doctor says that Helen will recover from her illness’. This shows dramatic irony, because the audience knows that she will not, but the characters aren’t aware.

Answer 2

1)
“At the beginning of Act I, the doctor says that Helen will fully recover from her illness”