Question

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

This may be true or it may be false—who can say?—but what is true in it, so it seemed to me, reviewing the story of Shakespeare's sister as I had made it, is that any woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little skill in psychology to be sure that a highly gifted girl who had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so thwarted and hindered by other people, so tortured and pulled asunder by her own contrary instincts, that she must have lost her health and sanity to a certainty.

Based on the underlined words, what is the author’s perspective in this passage?

Sixteenth-century women isolated themselves to avoid the ridicule of others.
In the 16th century, brilliant women faced isolation from their communities.
It is necessary to isolate oneself from society when writing great literary works.
Women in the 16th century were shunned for choosing to live in isolation.

Answer 1

Virginia Woolf’s perspective in the passage indicates that talented women in the 16th century were likely to be socially isolated due to societal constraints that did not support women’s intellectual or creative endeavors.

The author’s perspective in the passage from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own suggests that in the 16th century, brilliant women faced isolation from their communities due to societal constraints. The underlined words within the passage highlight the hindrances and challenges faced by women who possessed a gift for poetry or any intellectual pursuit, suggesting that a woman with such talents during Shakespeare’s era would have likely endured hardship, including potential ostracization leading to a life of solitude and possibly madness.

The society of that time, as indicated by Woolf, didn’t offer the necessary support or freedom for women to express and cultivate their gifts. Instead, such women would have been thwarted and hindered by the expectations of the time, which prioritized domestic and family roles over intellectual or creative endeavors. This lack of support and acknowledgement could lead to psychological stress and social isolation.

Answer 2

C

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