Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.To have lived a free life in London in the sixteenth century would have meant for a woman who was poet and playwright a nervous stress and dilemma which might well have killed her. Had she survived, whatever she had written would have been twisted and deformed, issuing from a strained and morbid imagination.
Answer
A
The negative connotations of the words emphasize the author’s feeling that societal norms damage women artists in severe and lasting ways.
B
The negative connotations of the words emphasize the unreasonable extent to which women artists are challenged by the demands of the creative process.
C
The positive connotations of the words emphasize the author’s insistence that facing great challenges helps women enhance their creativity.
D
The positive connotations of the words emphasize the author’s belief that women artists are strong enough to overcome tremendous hardships.