How does the rhetorical question develop the central idea?
Abe
O The question is used to make the point that
inequality experienced by women extended beyond
the theatre
She had the quickest fancy, a gift like her brother's, for
the tune of words. Like him, she had a taste for the
theatre. She stood at the stage door; she wanted to act,
she said. Men laughed in her face. The manager-a fat,
loose-lipped 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.
Could she even seek her dinner in a tavern or roam the
streets at midnight? Yet her genius was for fiction and
lusted to feed abundantly upon the lives of men and
O The question is used to emphasize the girl's
innocence by reminding readers that she is too
young to engage in social activities at night.
The question is used to make readers question why
women were not allowed to participate in theatrical
productions
O The question is used to create a metaphor that
makes a direct comparison between male and
female actors
women.
-A Room of One's Own,
Virginia Woolf
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