Assignment-2
Orlando raises the notion that an androgynous person could have freedom and that gender conventions are based on social and ethical customs and codes that sometimes may appear difficult to understand.
Androgyny as an aspect can be seen more accurately in the second part of the novel as it deals with gender and differences between men and women more precisely.
In the first chapter of the novel, Orlando’s physical appearance builds an image of an ambiguous gender identity in our minds. Woolf finely describes Orlando with very gentle, fragile and feminine features by saying that he has red cheeks, short lips, exquisite white teeth, arrowy nose, dark hair, eyes like that of drenched violets etc.
It is worthy to note this because Woolf has beautifully shown and supported the binary standards of sex and gender expectations in a very little disruptive manner. These distinct discrepancies from the usual explanation of the world acclimatise her reader bit by bit with the concept of sex and gender being separated from each other and eventually getting replaced with an androgynous nature. However, masculine men are considered to be the most appealing, Orlando even though being described as a very soft figure is viewed as a very beautiful and attractive character. …show more content…
We can say that apart from his inability to decide at once whether Sasha is a man or a lady, it is highly important to proceed with a notion that his attraction stays unaffected by the limitations of
Orlando raises the notion that an androgynous person could have freedom and that gender conventions are based on social and ethical customs and codes that sometimes may appear difficult to understand.
Androgyny as an aspect can be seen more accurately in the second part of the novel as it deals with gender and differences between men and women more precisely.
In the first chapter of the novel, Orlando’s physical appearance builds an image of an ambiguous gender identity in our minds. Woolf finely describes Orlando with very gentle, fragile and feminine features by saying that he has red cheeks, short lips, exquisite white teeth, arrowy nose, dark hair, eyes like that of drenched violets etc.
It is worthy to note this because Woolf has beautifully shown and supported the binary standards of sex and gender expectations in a very little disruptive manner. These distinct discrepancies from the usual explanation of the world acclimatise her reader bit by bit with the concept of sex and gender being separated from each other and eventually getting replaced with an androgynous nature. However, masculine men are considered to be the most appealing, Orlando even though being described as a very soft figure is viewed as a very beautiful and attractive character. …show more content…
We can say that apart from his inability to decide at once whether Sasha is a man or a lady, it is highly important to proceed with a notion that his attraction stays unaffected by the limitations of