Read the passage from a room of one's own.
how do the connotations of the underlined words
emphasize the author's point of view?
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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.
the negative connotations of the words emphasize the
author's feeling that societal norms damage women
artists in severe and lasting ways.
the negative connotations of the words emphasize the
unreasonable extent to which women artists are
challenged by the demands of the creative process.
the positive connotations of the words emphasize the
author's insistence that facing great challenges
women enhance their creativity.
the positive connotations of the words emphasize the
author's belief that women artists are strong enough to
overcome tremendous hardships