Leonard Woolf

One keeps turning to the point that Woolf is a realist; the new method is to represent the real world as it is perceived in a culture which is a state of flux following the Great War. Woolf’s motive in writing this novel wasn’t just to present to us the confined life of a high-society housewife, or to explore homosexuality or feminism, but to take the reader on a psychological journey that takes postmodernism and…

The Portrait of a Lady: A Fiction of Portraits I. Introduction Indicated from the title, The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a novel full portrait of a young lady named Isabel Archer, the main character. In first sight, it is easy to think this novel simply as a description of a lady provided by the narrator. The term “portrait” gives us a feeling that we are to see a lady fully depicted, or, portrayed inside the frame of the narrative. However, as readers read along, they get to know that…

Rece Pellersels Art History 261 An Analysis of Lilian Zirpolo’s Interpretation of Primavera It’s no question that Sandro Botticelli’s painting Primavera (Spring) has an emphasis on the femininity of women in the renaissance. In Lilian Zirpolo’s essay “Botticelli’s Primavera” she discusses the many different aspects that it served as a lesson to women in medieval society. In this essay I will discuss key points analyzing Zirpolo’s argument on the work’s femininity and function, comparing and…

his message and advance the feeling of pity in the reader. In addition, Woolf attentively uses metaphors and other literary devices in a manner that agrees with the shifting of the tone all through the narration, which assert the ideology that victory in the battle of death is impossible. The author intends to show that the moth’s actions are reflective of human life and that nature is powerful. In her narration, Virginia Woolf uses a largely ignored…

On close examination one may find a literary equivalent of anubhava in T.S. Eliot's principle of objective correlative. Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep is an example of angica or visual correlative whereas Macbeth's speech at the death of his wife is that of vachika or auditory correlative: What Eliot takes as the formula of a particular emotion is naturally the inevitable motive and manifestation of the emotional state. If the creator has a proper knowledge of human psychology, he shall…

With the contrast that happens between the characters of the novel, Virginia Woolf utilizes the consciousness of her characters to be the narrator in the novel “Mrs. Dalloway”. To have a person’s inner thoughts be the narrator it gives the novel an ability to back and forth from a person’s mind that is comprehending their thoughts, emotions, and physical reaction to an event that is happening while still mentioning the details of the outside world events. By doing so it was deemed fit as a work…

In the story “the death of the moth” by Virginia Woolf, it introduces Woolf comparing a moth to a butterflies and how it’s not gay like the butterflies. only describing the moth appearances like his wings as “hay-colored wings”, yet “seemed to be content with life”. In the essay Wool if seemed to be reading a book instead daydream off into the world. Soon after Virginia Woolf noticed the moth flying around from side to side at the window pane, Woolf tone in the essay suddenly changes. In…

premise, but instead pushes ahead through a progression of scenes orchestrated by a succession of the conscious awareness of its characters. Mrs. Woolf utilizes this free affiliation of emotions to allow internal considerations and sentiments, which mix into each other, and sprout discourse about these ruminations. In the supper party, for example, Woolf changes the perspectives, and moves frequently by meager exchanges. These varying perspectives from individual to individual build up her…

Similarities and Differences between Charlotte Temple and Franklin’s Autobiography Charlotte Temple by Susan Rowson and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin have similar purposes by both having moral lessons. Rowson writes a true, disguised as fictional, story of the misfortune of a naive young girl to warn other naive young girls about such misfortunes that should, and can absolutely, be avoided. Franklin’s purpose is to record his experiences in the New World and hope that others will learn…

I was impressed when I read Closer. Unlike the previous plays, this one features multiple locations, and that makes the story feel more realistic. In our last discussion, when we were talking about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, I remember somebody bringing up the fact that the film version had Honey passed out inside a car, while the play had her in the house bathroom. Considering that this scene is the one where Nick and Martha try to have sex, it makes more sense to have Honey (Nick’s wife)…