Question

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.

The reason perhaps why we know so little of Shakespeare—compared with Donne or Ben Jonson or Milton—is that his grudges and spites and antipathies are hidden from us. We are not held up by some "revelation” which reminds us of the writer. All desire to protest, to preach, to proclaim an injury, to pay off a score, to make the world the witness of some hardship or grievance was fired out of him and consumed. Therefore his poetry flows from him free and unimpeded.

What message is emphasized by the alliteration and parallel structure in this passage?

People who write have more negative than positive feelings.
Writing provides an important and necessary emotional outlet.
The feelings of certain writers have been well documented.
The purpose of writing is to seek revenge on one’s attackers.

Answer 1

Writing provides an important and necessary emotional outlet.

The repeated, similar phrases ("protest, to preach, to proclaim... to pay off a score...") emphasize the many ways a writer might discharge grievances, suggesting that writing can serve to release those negative feelings.