The Contempt and Bitterness of Virginia Woolf Exposed in A Room of One

The Contempt and Bitterness of Virginia Woolf Exposed in A Room of Ones Own Virginia Woolf refuses the role society prescribes her. She stands up against glass ceilings, pitchfork spheres, and double standards-cultural institutions that create and uphold a weaker sex. In her writing, specifically A Room of Ones Own, she manifests her contempt and bitterness by advocating it is necessary for women to have v hundred pounds a year and a lock on the entre if you are to write fiction or poetry (769). However, to break and stones throw above the institutions she criticizes, Woolf knows she cannot simply complain about her brothers years at Oxford era she stayed home with tutors-that would lead an audience to believe she has an axe to grind (quoted in Bartholomae and Petrosky, 750). Rather, she must strive for the calm collectedness of her male academic counterparts. This presents a line of work for Woolf how does she convey the oppression of women-the passion behind her work-through an objective and level parting? She needed a vehicle that could be neutral yet emotional, intriguing but wise. Ultimately, Woolf needed a mask one that mimicked the reserved lumber of men, yet allowed her to bare the thoughts of a woman subjected to societys mechanisms.Woolf found her solution in the persona bloody shame Beton, Mary Seton, Mary Carmichael, or byanynarneyouplease(751). Mary,Mary,orMary,quitecontrarytoWoolf, is a brainy ballerinas prima donna of the highest caliber-she was sent to the front of the class not for punishment, but to crash the par. She learned earlier than the other girls to stay quiet for her superiors and to please them, hitherto at the risk of pain Through years of training, conditioning and practice, performing en pointe h... ... the lobby with such a confident air because she knew she was the best-the ruckle her mother gave her proved that. On a less frequent hindquarters she remembers one girl who was in her class for a short time. This gir l-the take Virginia sounds familiar-always had a sloppy bun and leaned to the left in her pirouettes As Mary gets ready for a grand gala (that society has told her to attend) she wonders what ever happened to that girl. whole caboodle CitedBartholomae, David and Anthony Petrosky, eds. Ways of Reading An Anthology for Writers, Boston Bedford/St. Martins, 1999.Rich, Adrienne. When We Dead Awaken Writing as Re-Vision. Ways of Reading. Eds. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. Bedford/St. Martins, 1999. 603-620.Woolf, Virginia. A Room of Ones Own. Ways of Reading. Eds. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. Bedford/St. Martins, 1999. 750-778,