13)Whydoesanauthorwantlifetoproceedwiththeutmostquietandregularity?
14)WhatmetaphordoesWoolfapplytodescribethe “girlsittingwithapeninherhand”?
15)Whatistheexperiencecommonertowomenthantomen? Why?
16)Whatarethetwoobstacles?
17)Whyisthesecondobstaclemoredifficulttosolve?
18)Whatdoes “theroom”symbolize? Aftertellinghertwoexperiences, whatdoesWoolfencouragewomentodo?
: Identifythefollowingsubtitlestoeachparagraph.
(2ndexperience)
: newroleofwomen
’sprofessionofliterature
: gettingridoftheconventionalroleofwomen (1stexperience)
(T) orfalse (F) accordingtoyourunderstandingofthetext.
____ 1)Intheprofessionofliterature, theauthorfindsthattherearefewerexperiencespeculiartowomenthaninotherprofessionsbecausemanywomenwritersbeforeherhavemadetheroadsmooth.
____ 2)Woolftellsherveryfirstwritingexperience—howshebecameajournalistwhenshewasagirl.
____ 3)Woolfkilled “theAngelintheHouse”becausetheAngeldisturbedherwhileshewaswriting.
____ 4)Theword “phantom”herereferstotheobedientfemalefeaturesofastereotypedVictorianwoman.
____ 5)Itisquiteeasytodefinewhatawomanis.
____ 6)Asanovelist, shewishedtoremain “asunconsciousaspossible”sothatnothingmightdisturbordisquiettheimagination.
____ 7)Theimageofafishermanisametaphortheauthorusesindescribingherprofessionalexperiences.
____8)It’smoredifficulttodealwiththefirstobstacle, whichhastodowiththeconsciouswayofthinking, one’seducation, socialattitudesandtraditionalvalues, etc.
____9)Whenwomenhavearoomoftheirown (freedom), theycanstoptheirstruggle.
