Question

What idea is emphasized by the connotations of the underlined words? Female artists live in an unhealthy, undesirable cultural environment. Male and female artists have access to different resources. All aspects of women’s lives are affected by the poor treatment they receive. Women can change their circumstances by making different decisions.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Female artists live in an unhealthy, undesirable cultural environment.

Explanation:

In the passage, Virginia Wolf uses analogy to compare the social environment of female artists and male artists, to 2 rats in a cage, 1 receiving ordinary milk, and the other receiving Grade A milk. The rat getting ordinary milk was timid and small, and the one getting Grade A milk was big and bold. She compares female artists to the timid, small rat. This was because society, at her time, was filled with inequality against women, and men negatively viewed talented, female artists. All this is indicated by the sentence, "Now what food do we feed women as artists upon?" She is referring to the 2 rats.

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Answer 2

Answer: A) Female artists live in an unhealthy, undesirable cultural environment.

Explanation: Edge