Question

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.

The reason perhaps why we know so little of Shakespeare . . . is that his grudges and spites and antipathies are hidden from us. We are not held up by some "revelation” which reminds us of the writer. All desire to protest, to preach, to proclaim an injury, to pay off a score, to make the world the witness of some hardship or grievance was fired out of him and consumed.

Which words in this passage emphasize the significance of creative expression as an emotional outlet? Select two options.
A.fired
B.grudges
C.consumed
D.hidden
E.perhaps

Answer 1

fired and consumed, those both express shakespeare’s use of his plays to express emotion

Answer 2

Answers:

fired and consumed.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this passage taken from Woolf´s essay, she reflects, as so many others before and after her, upon Shakespeare´s enigmatic persona and personal life and how well disguised they both are in his extensive oeuvre. For all we know about Shakespeare´s life, it is not through his art that we can learn about the nuances of it. In his art, there is sublimation, the work of a genius: there is a kind of universal content but not personal reflections. Through creative expression, Shakespeare finds an outlet for his emotions that hold no personal details but rather only universal themes.