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.

Sixteenth century women isolated themselves to avoid the ridicule of others.

Option 1.

Explanation:

In the sixteenth century, the women who were gifted and were a little different from the others, were not appreciated for their gifts and their talent. The women who wanted to use their gifts for poetry were not at all encouraged to do so.

Rather they had to face mockery and were discourage by the other people. As a result of this they chose to live in isolation from the rest of the community so that they did not have to face any kind of mockery and did not have to fear from anyone.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)