Read the passage from A Doll’s House. Nora: Well, then I have found other ways of earning money. Last winter I was lucky enough
to get a lot of copying to do; so I locked myself up and sat writing every evening until quite late at night. Many a time I was desperately tired; but all the same it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man. Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own. She stood at the stage door; she wanted to act, she said. Men laughed in her face. The manager—a fat, looselipped man—guffawed. He bellowed something about poodles dancing and women acting—no woman, he said, could possibly be an actress. He hinted—you can imagine what. She could get no training in her craft. What central idea is explored in both passages? the idea that writing was exhausting work for men and women alike the idea that women were able to earn their independence by writing the idea that women did not typically have the opportunity to do professional work the idea that women felt pressured to make their own work the lowest priority
<em>The central idea which is explored in this text is that the idea that women did not typically have the opportunity to do professional work. </em>
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<u>Explanation:</u>
This is because here reference has been made she cannot get training in her work. Moreover, it is emphasised that no women can possibly be an actress. Menlaughed at her when she was about to perform and made her feel weak and embarrassed proving that women are not allowed to do the professional work.
Answer: You could use “personally” in your argumentative essay. It can often serve as evidence for your argument. But I would always check with your teacher or professor jic! Hope this helps!
