“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.”—What comparison was Virginia Woolf making here, based on the time period in which she lived?

A. Women during Shakespeare’s time period had similar limitations placed on them as women in the Victorian time period.
C. Women have been ridiculed in every time period.
D. She was showing how men treated women terribly from one era to the next.

Question

“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.”—What comparison was Virginia Woolf making here, based on the time period in which she lived?

  A. Women during Shakespeare’s time period had similar limitations placed on them as women in the Victorian time period. 	
  C. Women have been ridiculed in every time period. 	
  D. She was showing how men treated women terribly from one era to the next.

anonymous · Answer

what is option B?

anonymous · Answer

you have A, C, and D. there is no B here

anonymous · Answer

option B was wrong when i answered it

anonymous · Answer

im not possitive, but i think the answer is A...

anonymous · Answer

ok your guess is as good as mine :) thank u

anonymous · Answer

A or D

anonymous · Answer

my pleasure

anonymous · Answer

d is a bit broad for this excerpt though, otherwise i'd agree

anonymous · Answer

@candiimonstaa

anonymous · Answer

Oh true. @gahoolianowl