Edward
Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” A Tragedy
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This 4 page report discusses “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by Edward
Albee in the context of tragedy. The play is not generally classified as a
“tragedy” as much as it is thought of as by the euphemistic term “modern
drama.” Yet, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” quite likely serves as
much as a tragedy as any of the so-called “classic” tragedies from ancient
Greece or even Shakespeare. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWvwtrag.rtf
Women's
Rights in the Works of Virginia Woolf
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A 10 page paper examining the presence of a woman's rights agenda in Virginia
Woolf's fiction and essays. The paper concludes that while there is abundant
evidence of feminism in Woolf's work, she definitely did not hate men, and
sought to portray them as justly as their female counterparts. Bibliography
lists 12 sources.
Filename: Wolfwork.wps
Feminism
In The Works Of Virginia Woolf
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An 8 page paper analyzing Virginia Woolf's feminist leanings in her novels and
essays. Woolf assumed that a person's gender had little impact on the way they
thought, and that the world, in fact, was grievously at fault for assuming that
it did. Bibliography lists twelve sources.
Filename: Femvwolf.wps
Virginia
Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” -- Only Available to Those Who Can Afford
It
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This 6 page report discusses “A Room of One’s Own” written by Virginia
Woolf in 1929. The report presents the view that even though Woolf points out
the marginality of women in most of her works, her position as a well-educated
and upper-class member of society, is seen in her perspectives regarding the
proper place of working-class women. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWroom.wps
Changing
Times in Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”
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A five page paper analyzing Virginia Woolf’s novel in terms of the way it
illustrates the social changes England experienced in the years immediately
following the First World War. The paper argues that Virginia Woolf shows in
Mrs. Dalloway a safe, protected world that is passing away, together with the
horror of those who perceive there is no safety net there at all. Bibliography
lists four sources.
Filename: KBdallo2.wps
