Why does woolf imagine the story of this gifted woman rather than writing a true story? woolf wanted the story to be more entertaining than what actually happened to shakespeare’s sister. gifted women poets in the elizabethan era were not given the chance to be successful and remembered. woolf doesn’t want to reveal the real name of the woman she’s writing about. women poets in the elizabethan era have often been written about.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?