Women Types in To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway

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Women Types in To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway

Women Types in To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway

Authors : Fırat Yıldız

Pages : 18-24

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Publication Date : 2015-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Abstract Virginia Woolf lived in an era in which the traditional repression was intensive on women. As Woolf grew up in an intellectual environment she was not insensible to traditional repression on women. She paid attention to this topic through literature, the most popular communication device of her time. There are certain women types in her novels. Some of them concede the sanctions of tradition, some of them are uncomfortable with traditions but non-reactive as well. And there are some women characters who defy the sanctions of tradition. This study focuses on three female characters in two novels, To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway. Among these characters Mrs. Ramsay embraces the role the society deems her worthy of as a housewife. Mrs. Dalloway is not satisfied with her role as a housewife, however; despite her reluctance she still keeps up with requirements of society. And finally favourite character of Woolf, Lily Briscoe, defies the sanctions of society.
Keywords : woman, tradition

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