Virginia Woolf
As a woman writer during the Victorian Era in England, Virginia Woolf was oppressed by the patriarchal society where women’s intellectuality was condescended without any question. In the excerpt taken from one of her writings, readers can clearly see her attitude towards the female role during her time. Woolf describes two different meals served during a university visit; one in the male’s college, the other in a woman’s. Here, she successfully juxtaposes the two roles through the narrative structure, diction and tone, revealing the injustice and the lack of educational opportunity for women. The author purposely structures the men’s meal in the first passage, followed by the women’s meal in the second to show the rea
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Approximate Word count = 497
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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