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Parenthesis In Virginia Woolf

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Now, when the reader wants to know more about what Jacob does in his room, the author introduces the other characters at Cambridge, like Professor Huxtable, Sopwith, and Erasmus Cowman consequently. Since the sequence of events in inner life is not logical, and even thoughts themselves are sporadic, random and inconclusive, the action is presented in fragments. The move or break in the narration makes it fragmentary, and it creates a kind of difficulty to maintain the harmony of the incidents. The entire novel is set in a form where there is never any concrete explanation of what is happening and why is happening. Rather, it is left on reader to find the link between the scattered events. Parenthesis: Virginia Woolf makes use of parenthesis in her writing for the different purposes. Sometimes it represents a shift in characters’ thought, and sometimes it is used for remarks by the author or sometimes it is used to give certain facts about a character. She utilizes parentheses to set the statement apart …show more content…

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