The Contempt and Bitterness of Virginia Woolf Exposed in A Room of One's Own
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The Contempt and Bitterness of Virginia Woolf Exposed in A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf refuses the role society prescribes her. She stands up against glass ceilings, separate spheres, and double standards-cultural institutions that create and uphold a weaker sex. In her writing, specifically "A Room of One's Own," she manifests her contempt and bitterness by advocating "it is necessary [for women] to have five hundred [pounds] a year and a lock on the door if you are to write fiction or poetry" (769). However, to break and step above the institutions she criticizes, Woolf knows she cannot simply complain about her brothers' years at Oxford while 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 problem for Woolf: how does she convey the oppression of women-the passion behind her work-through an objective and level voice? She needed a vehicle that could be neutral yet emotional, provocative but wise. Ultimately, Woolf needed a mask: one that mimicked the reserved quality of men, yet allowed her to bare the thoughts of a woman subjected to society's mechanisms.
Woolf found her solution in the persona "Mary Beton, Mary Seton, Mary Carmichael, or byanynarneyouplease"(751). Mary,Mary,orMary,quitecontrarytoWoolf, is a superb ballerinas prima donna of the highest caliber-she was sent to the front of the class not for punishment, but to set the par. She learned earlier than the other girls to stay quiet for her superiors and to please them, even at the risk of pain Through years of training, conditioning and practice, performing en pointe h...
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... the lobby with such a confident air because she knew she was the best-the purse her mother gave her proved that. On a less frequent basis she remembers one girl who was in her class for a short time. This girl-the name 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.
Works Cited
Bartholomae, David and Anthony Petrosky, eds. Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers, Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999.
Rich, Adrienne. "When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision." Ways of Reading. Eds. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. 603-620.
Woolf, Virginia. "A Room of One's Own." Ways of Reading. Eds. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. 750-778,
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how virginia woolf refuses the role society dictates her. she stands up against glass ceilings, separate spheres and double standards, which create and uphold a weaker sex.
- Analyzes how woolf found her solution in mary beton, mary seton and mary carmichael, or byanynarneyouplease. mary is a superb ballerina prima donna of the highest caliber.
- Analyzes how woolf leads mary through these incidents to demonstrate that women with ideas are not accepted; they are forced off paths and out of buildings.
- Analyzes how virginia woolf refuses the role society dictates her. she stands up against glass ceilings, separate spheres and double standards, which create and uphold a weaker sex.
- Analyzes how woolf found her solution in mary beton, mary seton and mary carmichael, or byanynarneyouplease. mary is a superb ballerina prima donna of the highest caliber.
- Analyzes how woolf leads mary through these incidents to demonstrate that women with ideas are not accepted; they are forced off paths and out of buildings.
- Analyzes how the mary-mask covers woolf's individuality with a common name and stereotypical female qualities including naivety and disguised anger.
- Analyzes how woolf embodies her ideas by throwing down her mask and revealing her inner thoughts, setting the example for all women.
- Introduces david bartholomae and anthony petrosky in ways of reading: an anthology for writers, boston: bedford/st. martin's.
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- Explains debord's definition of "society of the spectacle" as a way to analyze emerging cultural forms.
- Explains that stacy peralta was a part of the notoriously infamous skateboarding team known as the "z boys". hebdige referred to subcultures as residual and emergent forms, which were both oppositional and alternative to the dominant culture.
- Explains that peralta was what italian marxist antonio gramsci referred to as an organic intellectual. hegemony is a situation where dominant culture can acquire authority over the subordinate by winning and shaping consent.
- Explains that stacy peralta, one of the historical z boys, became a marketer because of his involvement with the media culture industry.
- Argues that cultural industry theory suggests that all forms of cultural media are tools for the continued reinforcement of the status quo.
2025 wordsRead More - Humble Wonderanalytical essayDavid Bartholomae, Anthony Petrosky, Ways of reading, An Anthology for writers, Bedford/St.Martin’s, Boston-New Yprok, 9th Edition, Walker percy ,The loss of the creature p460.Print.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that memory is a marvelous aspect of who we are as human beings. it can produce delight, warning, affection, thought, sentimentality, and feelings of commitment.
- Explains that our most significant memories are shaped by who we are and what is important to us. memories can be triggered by things like objects, pictures, music, tastes and smells, colors, and physical feelings.
- Explains that memories can be painful recalling events and moments we just want to forget. they travel through time. we perceive time as we create it in our minds.
- Explains that memory is a marvelous aspect of who we are as human beings. it can produce delight, warning, affection, thought, sentimentality, and feelings of commitment.
- Explains that our most significant memories are shaped by who we are and what is important to us. memories can be triggered by things like objects, pictures, music, tastes and smells, colors, and physical feelings.
- Explains that memories can be painful recalling events and moments we just want to forget. they travel through time. we perceive time as we create it in our minds.
- Analyzes how walker percy conceives time when in "the loss of the creature," he writes that for the gran canyon's tourist, there is no present, but only the past of what has been formulated and seen.
- Analyzes how percy frees the tourist from preconceived images by suggesting several ways of bypassing the structure of organized approaches as for getting off the beaten path.
- Opines that we can all disagree with him, refusing his generalization and his idea that could seem like a paradox, giving freedom on one side, although putting boundaries on the other side.
- Explains that percy suggested a better way to enjoy vacation time. the via francigena was the route of st. augustine and all saxon king and archbishops travelling from england to rome.
- Explains that medieval europe's main communication route between northern and southern europe and a fertile ground for cultural exchange is rich in art treasures.
- Explains that the via francigena represents the union and communication of cultures and ideas belonging to a wider europe, with the intrinsic desire of unity.
- Analyzes how percy's words, along the unusual european path of the via francigena, the traveler recovers his/her sovereignty on a discovery journey
- Analyzes how percy conceives sovereignty loss as the loss of being, of autonomy, and states that this is more evident in education. the literature student cannot read a shakespearean sonnet and the biology student unable to see the real dogfish
- Analyzes how percy's essay begs us to wonder why we seek authority in our own experience; he asks what is the point of travelling if we are not going to discover anything we did not already conceive.
- Opines that walker percy's writing is a deeper message about how man can enrich his life and truly, honestly enjoy and understand the surrounding world. the history of human beings progresses through constant discoveries of those who see the world through original eyes.
- Opines that the essence is to keep looking for new trails and frontiers, either cultural, earth or space, as long as we keep evolving. to be spectators or creators is up to each one of us.
1315 wordsRead More - The Raven and The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poeanalytical essayMeyer, M. (2013). Bedford introduction to literature: Reading, thinking, writing. Boston: Bedford Bks St Martin’s.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes poe's use of poetic devices within each poem, highlighting sadness, death, and loss. both poems are of the gothic/dark romanticism genre.
- Compares the structure and setting of the two poems, stating that "the raven" is a narrative poem consisting of 18 stanzas, and the "haunted palace" consists of 48 lines.
- Compares how poe uses a dark, melancholy, and distressed tone in "the raven" and "haunted palace."
- Analyzes poe's use of poetic devices within each poem, highlighting sadness, death, and loss. both poems are of the gothic/dark romanticism genre.
- Compares the structure and setting of the two poems, stating that "the raven" is a narrative poem consisting of 18 stanzas, and the "haunted palace" consists of 48 lines.
- Compares how poe uses a dark, melancholy, and distressed tone in "the raven" and "haunted palace."
- Analyzes how poe spins an intricate web of describing the beauty of the palace only to have the delicate web fray into a tangled mess of destruction.
- Analyzes the symbolism in "the raven" and the narrator's obsession with lenore. the bust of pallas is a reference to athena the goddess of wisdom.
- Analyzes poe's use of poetic devices to illustrate both diversity and similarities in "the haunted palace."
- Analyzes how poe uses metaphor, alliteration, and personification in both poems.
- Explains that poe uses trochaic octameter in "the raven" whereas he uses tetrameter. the rhyme scheme is also different.
- Analyzes poe's ability to craft something beautiful out of a dark ugly subject, despite the dissimilarities in usage and form.
- Explains that poe, e. a. "the haunted palace." bedford introduction to literature: reading, thinking, writing. 10th ed.
1479 wordsRead More - Theodore Adorno and Max Horkheimer were two renowned Jewish representatives of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory; they were particularly dominant during the early 20th century, approximately around the time of the 1920’s to 1960s. They took refuge in America after Adolf Hitler’s rise in Germany. These to philosophers developed the ‘Culture Industry Theory’ in the 1940s, in light of the disturbed society they had seen during this time. They witnessed how Nazi Fascism used mass media such as films, radio and newspapers to brainwash millions into partaking in this ideology. Similarly they saw the rise of Capitalism in America, which also used mass media such as Hollywood films and advertising to disseminate the masses into the capitalist Ideology. This essay will evaluate how the ‘culture industry’ had profound social impacts in society and examine weather it is valid in contemporary society.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that theodore adorno and max horkheimer were two renowned jewish representatives of the frankfurt school of critical theory. they took refuge in america after adolf hitler's rise in germany.
- Explains that adorno and horkheimer used the expression ‘culture industry’ to describe the monopolisation of culture. they believe that capitalism was mass-producing popular culture which was fuelling consumerist ideologies.
- Explains that reification is the result of the ‘culture industry’, which is objectifying and dehumanizing people.
- Explains that theodore adorno and max horkheimer were two renowned jewish representatives of the frankfurt school of critical theory. they took refuge in america after adolf hitler's rise in germany.
- Explains that adorno and horkheimer used the expression ‘culture industry’ to describe the monopolisation of culture. they believe that capitalism was mass-producing popular culture which was fuelling consumerist ideologies.
- Explains that reification is the result of the ‘culture industry’, which is objectifying and dehumanizing people.
- Analyzes how adorno and horkheimer propose that mass culture is identical and the lines of artificial framework begin to shine through. standardisation uses the same formula for products of the ‘culture industry’.
- Explains that pseudo-individualism is crucial for standardisation to be successful in manipulating society into consumerism and a false consciousness.
- Analyzes how adorno uses pop music and jazz to illustrate his idea about pseudo-individualism. the radio promotes the music by consistently playing the same popular music.
- Analyzes the criticisms of theodore adorno and max horkheimer's argument of the ‘culture industry’.
- Opines that adorno and horkheimer's theory of the ‘culture industry’ should be applied to develop contemporary media research.
- Argues that the ‘culture industry’ argument coined by adorno and horkheimer is valid especially when applied to the rise of the digital age.
- Argues that consumer participation aids in reinforcing the power of the industry. deuze (2007) considers that media interaction lets consumers establish an online presence and engage in discussions about the content they have consumed.
- Illustrates how the culture industry is still prominent even with the rise of new media, such as the internet.
- Analyzes how adorno and horkheimer's concept of the ‘culture industry’ was used to illustrate how capitalism was transforming culture into a commodity.
- Summarizes adorno, horkheimer, and crurran's the culture industry: enlightement as mass deception.
- Summarizes adorno, t.w., and bernstein's the culture industry: selected essays on mass culture.
- Explains that bettig, r. v., and hall, j. l. (2012). big media, big money: cultural texts and political economics.
- Explains bourdieu's distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste.
- Explains castells, m., the rise of the network society. chichester, ws: wiley-blackwell publishing.
- Cites cook, d., in the culture industry revisited: theodor w. adorno on mass culture.
- Explains deuze, m., convergence culture in the creative industries, international journal of cultural studies.
- Cites gitlin, t., the whole world is watching: mass media in the making & unmaking of the new left.
- Explains that horkheimer to habermas introduces critical theory.
- Explains holt, d. b., a dialectical theory of consumer culture and branding.
- Explains that china's creative industries: copyright, social network markets and the business of culture in a digital age.
- Explains movius, l. cultural globalisation and challenges to traditional communication theories. journal of media and communication.
- Analyzes how navarro, m., love him or (he prefers) hate him. the new york times.
- Explains rich, mcdougall, and entrepreneur press (2010). start your own blogging business: generate income from advertisers, subscribers, merchandising and more.
- Explains that the frankfurt school and the problem with popular culture: the culture industry as mass deception revisited.
- Explains strinati, d. (2004). an introduction to theories of popular culture.
- Explains sussan, f. consumer interaction as intellectual capital. journal of intellectual capital, 13(1), 81-105.
- Explains taylor, p. a., critical theory 2.0 and im/materiality: the bug in the machinic flows.
- Opines that books in the digital age: the transformation of academic and higher education publishing in britain and the united states.
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