In Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own,” she creates Judith, a fictional character who is the sister of William Shakespeare. There are challenges Woolf claimed that she would have experienced in her lifetime, and also believes that women from the Elizabethan era did not write. For this assignment, specific examples from the essay will be discussed.
First, Woolf describes many challenges women would have faced during the Elizabethan era.
For one, not much is known about them. “They had no money evidently; according to Professor Trevelyan and they were married whether they liked it or not before they were out of the nursery, at fifteen or sixteen very likely.” (Woolf, 1929/2012, p. 364). In addition, there was also a lack of education
First, Woolf describes many challenges women would have faced during the Elizabethan era.
For one, not much is known about them. “They had no money evidently; according to Professor Trevelyan and they were married whether they liked it or not before they were out of the nursery, at fifteen or sixteen very likely.” (Woolf, 1929/2012, p. 364). In addition, there was also a lack of education