Commentary By Virginia Woolf : The Importance Of Beauty?

“Beauty” by Tony Hoagland was written in 1998. In this poem, Hoagland expresses his feelings on how women care too much about physical appearances. Throughout his poem he tells the story through the eyes of a brother of a girl who learns to love herself for who she is. Hoagland’s poem stresses the importance that beauty goes deeper than the surface. Throughout his poem, Tony Hoagland uses many literary devices to perfect his poem. These devices include the message, tone, imagery, figures of speech, and personification.

No life is truly lived without struggles; each struggle changes a person whether others notice or not. Throughout our lives there are many turning points or events that have a significant impact on our lives. Rarely at the time of the life altering event, do we realize the toll the event will have on us externally and internally. In Alice Walker’s essay, “Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is The Self,” she identifies her personal turning points and how they altered the way she perceives life. Her essay inspires and assists the reader in accepting and loving who they are, regardless of their past experiences. Walker uses pathos to appeal to the reader's emotions and to help the reader understand her own feelings; she uses imagery to transport the reader to the multiple settings of the events she describes throughout the essay, and uses imagery to paint a clear setting.

Beauty has been a word that people use to described objects, things and most important people. Beauty can be defined in so many ways. The play “Beauty” written by Jane Martin has more than just one meaning. The author uses beauty to be her main objective that makes almost every situation in the play revolve around “beauty.” Being that beauty is considered something almost all women want and it can lead to devastation when you get greedy and envious about it, as it did to both Carla and Bethany.

For centuries mankind has unsuccessfully attempted to define beauty. Greek philosophers, including Plato, tried to define beauty as if it were as simple as any other law in nature. However this cannot be so because the idea of what is beautiful has varied throughout cultures and the ages. In the 1800s women who were pale and rather plump were considered objects of desire; but in today’s society, desirable women are slender and tan, among other things. The fact is that today, beauty is as unobtainable as it is indefinable. All of today’s supermodels, as seen in millions of advertisements, have been modified, airbrushed, and photoshopped. Women desiring this beauty have turned to various

In Virginia Woolf’s “Night and Day”, we, as the reader, can examine various feminist themes throughout the novel. Even though, “Night and Day” is one of her more conventional novels, many of the issues fly in the face of traditional values and capitalizes on the female oppression that was present in that time era. Even though, this was one of her earlier works, I believe that her conventional structure was an intentional creation, as she was trying to make a point on literary tradition and feminism. In contrast to many of her later novels, like “To The Lighthouse”, which had much anti-structure and stream of consciousness, “Night and Day”, is full of carefully written

Woolf’s essay offers an implicit attack on the attitude of the Beadle towards women as he regards that the grass of the university is only for fellows and scholars and that women must remain on the gravel path. Woolf attacks this idea by arguing that humans tend to build their confidence by making others seem inferior to them. In other words, Woolf argues that in order for an individual to feel better about themselves, they should seem others as inferior individuals. The author uses rhetorical devices such as allusions to famous leaders throughout history such as Napoleon andMussolini who she claims treated women as lower-ranking individuals. Furthermore, Woolf also employs rhetorical questions in order to make readers reflect upon her ideas

In the novel Mrs Dalloway, Woolf conveys her perspective, as she finely examines and critiques the traditional gender roles of women in a changing post-war society. Woolf characterisation of Clarissa Dalloway in a non linear structure, presents a critical portrayal of the existing class structure through modernist’s eyes. Titling her novel as Mrs Dalloway presents Clarissa’s marriage as a central focus of her life, drawing attention to how a women’s identity is defined by marriage. Despite the changing role of women throughout the 1920s, for married women life was the same post war. Clarissa experiences ‘the oddest sense of being herself invisible…that is being Mrs Dalloway…this being Richard Dalloway,”

The Scene shows the conversation between Lester (employee) and Brad (manager of the company). Towards the start of the scene, Lester is frustrated with his life. His wife is so worldly and they hardly determine each other, and his young offspring cannot determine both of them. He is working as a writer in the media magazine, he is caught for a difficult and futile occupation.

Virginia Woolf can be considered one of the most influential authors of her time, she has helped pave the way for the female gender for generations, and possibly generations to come. Using her feminist approach to get her voice heard, Virginia Woolf was able to get her point across in a powerful yet meaningful way. My research of Virginia Woolf involved looking at her life to determine why she turned out the way she did, and why she wrote the way she wrote.

The most striking thing about this well-known passage is how single minded Woolf is when it comes to different perspectives. Throughout the novel Woolf describes how women have been suppressed by men in their lives, in politics, and in society. Yet, the only avenue she discusses this through is literature. I understand that is her format, but she seems so condescending towards those who are barred from education. She claims that genius never touches the poor, or does in only rare occasions. That phrase lead me to believe that she thinks these people do not need to be provided education because of their class status. Woolf discusses “different perspectives”, but she is talking strictly about the different perspectives of white, upper-middle

In Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a wild fast paced play, Honey is a plain character. She undergoes internal conflicts that are externalized quickly with the addition of alcohol and mind games. An in depth analysis of Honey can be better understood through the different viewpoints of the playwright, Honey as a character, and the perspectives of the other characters within the play.

Indeed, while you do have restraint over your life. This implies you have decisions. Generally, decisions are the impetus for change. You can decide to change or decide to be torpid. Indeed, even the decision to do nothing is a decision the demonstration of doing nothing. To a very little extent do people have control of their being because control is purely an illusion; social media has power, and dugs and alcohol can have domination over folks life.

Virginia Woolf was one of the most influential modernist writers during the early twentieth century. Like many female authors, Woolf was considered to be a “feminist,” however, Woolf was not ashamed of the feminist label and wrote two volumes of feministic essays. she wrote in a way to convey a woman’s thoughts, feelings, perspective and attitudes of that time. Although Virginia Woolf faced many hardships and losses she did not allow them to control her destiny, but rather, she allowed them to shape her into an inspirational and influential writer.

Virginia Woolf spends much of her time straddling the issues in ?A Room of One?s Own.? She carefully manipulates the reader by burying her points in flowery language and assumes the identity of another person so she does not have to take responsibility for what she says. She is very careful not to come off as too forceful or angry because she knows that her ideas will be disregarded if she does. Woolf is terrified of having her words labeled as ?feminist? and of attracting the stigma that the label is surrounded by. She fully understands that ?women?s issues? ignite a deep-seated resentment in the hearts of men and is conscious of the fact that at her particular time in history this resentment is running high due

Throughout the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the two main characters George and Martha are continuously arguing with one another. It appears they function best when they are insulting and verbally attacking the other. Over the course of one night we see how the two of them battle and play cruel party games with their guests. They are also trapped by the emotional history that they both share. As the play progresses we see a change in their relationship. This change proves that George and Martha really do love each other.