Saturday, July 20, 2019
Comparing Female Identity in To The Lighthouse, Heat of the Day and Under the Net :: comparison compare contrast essays
Female Identity in Virginia Woolf’s, To The Lighthouse, Elizabeth Bowen’s, Heat of the Day and Iris Murdoch’s, Under the Net After reading Virginia Woolf’s, â€Å"To The Lighthouse†, readers are left with the disturbing reality of the role of a woman during this time period. The characters of Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe portray these demeaning roles.  However, instead of completely giving in to the domination of men, they are starting the woman’s movement of resistance in the period of the beginning of World War I.         Likewise, in Elizabeth Bowen’s novel, â€Å"The Heat of the Day†, different female roles emerge from the characters which help present change in the identity of women and power. The two main female characters, Stella Rodney and Louie Lewis, among others in this World War Two time-framed novel, carry working class jobs. They are starting to change the stereotypical views of women just being housewives and serving their â€Å"husbands†.   These characters allow readers to plainly see that women are capable of and deserve equality on the same level as men.        This essentially paves the road to other novels of this time after World War II, such as Iris Murdoch’s, â€Å"Under the Net†. In this novel women are starting to receive respect for their positions in the world.  Men are recognizing their significant value in society. This can be seen by the relationship between the characters of Jake Donaghue and Anna Quentin. Victoria Glendinning further exemplifies the correlation between these 20th Century novels. She is a contemporary fiction writer and biographer of Bowen, Rebecca West, and Trollope, among others. Glendinning states that, â€Å"She [Bowen] is a major writer†¦She is what happened after Bloomsbury†¦the link that connects Virginia Woolf with Iris Murdoch and Mrielk Spark†.        These highly regarded and well-respected female authors are showing that women can and do hold power in our society. These authors send the message to readers that women throughout time have been and still are fully capable of thinking for themselves.  They can hold their own ground without having to subject themselves to the dominance of the males, be it in writing novels, raising a family, working in a factory, or pursuing a singing career. Thus, they as all women, deserve to be held in respect for their achievements and deserve equality.        In reference to Virginia Woolf’s novel, â€Å"To The Lighthouse†she takes the major female characters of Mrs.
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