Question

Read the passage from A Room of one's own.

How does the structure of this passage help develop the
text's main idea?
The indifference of the world which Keats and Flaubert and
other men of genius have found so hard to bear was in her
case not indifference but hostility. The world did not say to
her as it said to them, Write if you choose, it makes no
difference to me. The world said with a guffaw, Write?
What's the good of your writing? Here the psychologists of
Newnham and Girton might come to our help, I thought,
looking again at the blank spaces on the shelves
The cause effect structure emphasizes that the struggle
of gifted women resulted from the struggles of gifted
men
The problem-solution structure emphasizes that women
should look to men of genius for an example of how to
succeed
The compare-contrast structure emphasizes that the
challenges faced by women were greater than those
faced by men.
The compare-contrast structure emphasizes that Keats
and Flaubert faced different challenges, even though
they were both men.

Answer 1

The compare-contrast structure emphasizes that the challenges faced by women were greater than those faced by men.

Answer 2

The compare-contrast structure emphasizes that the challenges faced by women were greater than those faced by men.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage explains the difference between the experiences writer who were men and those who were women. The text states that while many people were indifferent to the literary works of men, in the case of a woman, this indifference became hostility and derision.

The comparison is between a difficult situation and an almost impossible one.