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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", 2002.
This paper discusses the play ?Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee.
915 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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This paper looks at the play 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which presents a typical insight on the disturbed and somewhat revengeful life of a married couple, George and Martha. The writer examines the plot of the play, the writing style and the social message it was trying to portray in the late 1950's.
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"The era when the play was first performed is that of the late 1950s, a period dominated by a loving American President (D.Eisenhower), and good family values were considered as well as emphasized at all levels including American politics and culture. Thus, having a car, owning a house, and having kids were all deemed to present symbols of a perfectly happy family. In spite of all these aspects, there were events in the lives of people, which more often not than remained hidden, and the subject play strives to highlight those hidden feelings, and characteristics of people who continued to live their lives often pretending, or creating a world of their own in their attempts to hide their true feelings of hatred, revenge and lack of being successful in their real lives. The couple of George and Martha do exactly this and from the beginning of the play right to the end, their entire conversations and acts exemplify their hatred for each other. It is also observed that neither George nor Martha make any attempt to stop their negative and sometimes insulting behavior against each other, as evidently witnessed by their colleagues Nick and Honey, another married couple who have just begun their married life as well as their career."
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"Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf": Reactions in 1962 and 1980, 2006.
A comparison between the 1962 original product of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and the 1980 revival.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper compares the criticism and reactions to the 1962 original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and the 1980 revival of Edward Albee's landmark work. The author states that play has thrived over the passage of time, having become an undeniable classic in the playwright's lifetime. Calling it a stark, gritty portrayal of marital disillusion and power-plays, combined with the awkwardness of public betrayals of vulnerability and deeply guarded secrets, the paper says the original production revolutionized American theatre and has even been seen as the high point of Broadway in the last 40 years. However, according to this author, the 1980 revival, although critically acclaimed in its own right, did not enjoy the prestige or controversy of the original.
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"Albee's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf opened at the Billy Rose theatre in October 1962 and starred Arthur Hill, Uta Hagen, George Grizzard, and Melinda Dillon; it consequently ran for 664 performances. The play essentially depicts the interactions of two married couples in an academic setting; the older married couple, George and Martha, represent a bickering, disillusioned older couple. George is a professor who is overpowered by his alcoholic, bitter wife who had hoped that he would have achieved a more stellar position in the academic community. The long-married couple is united by an unseen child who is later exposed to be nothing more than imaginary. The couple is paralleled with a younger couple, Nick and Honey, who are starting out in life and appear to be following a path similar to that of George and Martha. Nick is beginning his own career as an academician, and Honey, bubbly and empty-headed, has falsely entrapped Nick into marriage with a false pregnancy. The psychological, social, and emotional dynamics are portrayed during the proceedings of an awkward dinner party."
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 2002.
Addresses the importance of the key issues of truth and illusion in Edward Albee's play.
1,221 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines the importance of truth and illusion in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by playwright Edward Albee. The paper shows that these themes are central to the plot, making for great suspense as the audience realizes the tragedy of the facade that characters Martha and George have created to avoid facing reality. The paper shows that the issues of truth and illusion allow the author to demonstrate the fragile fantasy which supports the American dream. As an absurdist, Edward Albee believed illusion created a false contentment and this is shown by the shambolic nature of the two marriages in the play. The paper shows that Albee believed that however harsh the reality, people had to learn the difference between truth and illusion.
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"Another important role of truth and illusion in the novel is that it allows Albee to demonstrate his views on American society. By calling the central characters George and Martha, he makes an unmistakable reference to George and Martha Washington. Albee uses their marriage as a microcosm for the imperfect state of America. The marriage of George and Martha is essentially based on fantasy and illusion, as is that of Nick and Honey, seemingly representative of the conventional American couple. Therefore, Albee is asking his audience to question the American society represented by the marriage of George and Martha, and to begin to consider whether the American dream is actually based on similarly false illusions."
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"Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" ( Edward Albee ), 1999.
Examines the play's plot, characters, themes, psychological aspects and title.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, £ 32.95
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Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? brings together two couples in a college town, one couple older and more experienced, the other younger and new to the academic world, for a night of psychodrama approaching outright psychological torture.
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"Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? brings together two couples in a college town, one couple older and more experienced, the other younger and new to the academic world, for a night of psychodrama approaching outright psychological torture. The older couple has clearly performed this ritual many times before, and over the course of the night, while they pass through a series of stages leading form one interpersonal position to another, they cannot be said to be changed by the experience. After all, as noted, they have tortured one another like this before and will do so again. On this night, Martha may give away more secrets or take the drama in a different direction, but still the couple has done this before. The younger couple, on the other hand, experience something new which challenges their view of the accepted order and tests their view ..."
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ( Edward Albee ), 1999.
Analyzes film (made from play) & the four characters' relationships, based on communications theory.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, £ 43.95
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"The film of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? delves into the lives of four people who meet one night for a drink in a college town, one couple older and more experienced, the other younger and new to the academic world; in truth, they meet for a night of psychodrama approaching outright psychological torture. The older couple has clearly performed this ritual many times before, and over the course of the night, while they pass through a series of stages leading form one interpersonal position to another, they cannot be said to be changed by the experience. After all, as noted, they have tortured one another like this before and will do so again. On this night, Martha may give away more secrets or take the drama in a different direction, but still the couple has done this before. The younger couple, on the other hand, experience.."
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?Simple Poem for Virginia Woolf?, 2002.
A discussion on the poem "Simple Poem for Virginia Woolf" by Bronwen Wallace.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper looks at the Bronwen Wallace's poem ?A Simple Poem for Virginia Woolf? and discusses whether there is a primary acceptance or primary rejection of the aspirations for women?s writing articulated by Virginia Woolf in her essay ?Women and Fiction?.
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"We also see another trait in the poem that may be a reflection of the intellectual freedom. Woolf criticises many past female authors that have succeeded in the style they adopted, masculine in terms of standards and messages, Wallace is not compiling with any traditional standards, she has a style of her own. There are no rigid rhythms or rhymes, on strong patterns, indeed this poem may be seen as the reflections or ramblings of an everyday woman, yet is it still successful in the way it conveys a message."
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Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own", 2006.
A discussion of chapters five and six of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" contains half a dozen excellent chapters, but it is the last two chapters, five and six, that this paper focuses upon. In so doing, the paper makes it apparent that Virginia Woolf believes a few things to be manifestly self evident: women must learn to speak for themselves, they must learn to think androgynously if they are to become their full selves, they must have money, and they must be prepared to push their way into the professions to acquire the independence they need to have a room of their own.
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Virginia Woolf, 2001.
This paper looks at women's liberation issues in Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own".
2,085 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper provides an in-depth biography of author Virginia Woolf. The author also discusses "A Room of One's Own" by Woolf and gathers some of Woolf's essays on women and literature. The writer discusses these essays in the light of modern women's liberation movements.
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"Woolf lays out several conditions that are necessary for women to be able to write literature. They include leisure time, privacy, and financial independence. She contends it has been much harder for women to write literature because throughout history they have been deprived of these basic needs. The title comes from the line "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
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Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway", 2005.
This paper discusses the stream of consciousness style, which Virginia Woolf uses in her novel "Mrs. Dalloway", as catharsis and self-revelation.
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper explains that, in "Mrs. Dalloway", which is considered the
most schizophrenic of English novels, Virginia Woolf creates the character Septimus as the protagonist Clarissa's doppelganger to mirror Woolf's struggle with mental illness; stream of consciousness inexorably binds together Septimus, Clarissa and Woolf. The author points out that, as Woolf's multi-layered consciousness building becomes increasingly complex, so do her revelations about her characters, which are each a study in contrasts. The paper relates that all of Woolf's characters are broken souls and Woolf is quite evolved in understanding that misery is ultimately about self-absorption; therefore, it is understandable that, by focusing on the theme of madness, "Mrs. Dalloway" explores the enforced development of a society of outsiders.
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"Clarissa Dalloway's character is drawn from Woolf's mother, who she described as an angel. She is aware that she is "an 'animated mirror' of the shallow world she reflects." Woolf shows us her thoughts about herself: "Nothing else had she of the slightest importance; could not think, write, even play the piano. She...loved success; hated discomfort...talked oceans of nonsense..." In this passage, we can hear Woolf stepping back to pass judgment, but still presenting the thought as Clarissa's: "How much she wanted it--that people should look pleased as she came in...""
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Virginia Woolf: An Analysis of 'The Waves', 2006.
A review of Virginia Woolf's book 'The Waves'.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, £ 42.95
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This paper reviews 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf. The paper analyzes how Woolf wove a series of dramatic monologues and interludes together in order to examine mortality, loneliness, transcendence and the meaning of friendship. In the process, she produced such a fascinating, explosive and soulful lexicon of the human condition that critics have struggled to adequately describe and convey the literary power of this magnificent book. The paper further discusses how the interludes enhance the impressionistic discourse in the book and serve to expand the consciousness of the reader, which is Woolf's primary intention.
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Virginia Woolf: "A Room of One's Own", 1992.
An essay discussing "A Room of One's Own" by feminist writer Virginia Woolf.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, £ 32.95
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In "A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf has much to say on the changing relationships among women, men, society and literary genres. The author of the paper shows that far more than simply the book form of Woolf's stirring, provocative lectures, it is practically a "feminist manifesto." This paper excerpts many passages from the book as "offset quotes." It then expounds, analyzes and comments on these examples of Woolf's work. The paper includes an analysis of Woolf's provocative concept of whether it's worse to be "locked out" or "locked in." Additionally, the paper discusses Woolf's (and society's) ideas relating to feminism and sexism and how these "isms" in turn relate to literature and the success or failures of male and female writers, particularly in the 19th Century.
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"?So long as you write what you wish to write, that is
all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or
only for hours, nobody can say.?
This is among Woolf?s most moving passages. She is addressing a group of young women toward the end of her lecture, emphasizing the importance of women?s writings and encouraging everyone interested to give it a try. Behind these words is an even deeper message: you never know who you touch. What may seem like a completely insignificant act of one person?say the penning of a humble little sonnet?can by of lasting influence to someone else if it stays in that person?s memory. Even if the poet only wrote the sonnet for herself and thought it mediocre at best, someone decades or even centuries later might find inspiration in it. No one can say, even authors or poets themselves, what kind of impact their work might have in future generations. Only time can determine that."
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Virginia Woolf, 2002.
A review of the life and work of writer Virginia Woolf.
4,789 words (approx. 19.2 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 84.95
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This paper reviews Virginia Woolf and some of the ideas in her books. The writer claims Woolf was a writer who was much concerned with the general plight of women in her era. The paper explores a number of issues, starting with women in society, sexuality in her era and family relationships. The writer then takes a closer look at Woolf herself, exploring the society she lived in and Woolf as a writer and mother. The paper concludes that Woolf herself achieves with great difficulty what she would have society make easier for other women to accomplish.
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"Woolf's personal life shows considerable divergence from the mores of her time, yet her writings also show that she was fully aware of the social restrictions faced by women in general. In her fiction, relationships between women serve as examples of how women can and do support one another in some cases, and undermine one another in others. Among these relationships are mother-daughter relationships which in part may derive from her own odd relationship with her mother and from her observation of other such relationships. The mother-daughter relationship is key in much of Woolf's fiction."
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Virginia Woolf"s "A Room of One's Own", 2005.
This paper is a book review of Virginia Woolf"s "A Room of One's Own".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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This paper explains that Virginia Woolf wrote "A Room of One's Own" in 1929. The author points out that the preface to the book informs the reader that this essay was based upon two papers Woolf, who had been invited to speak on the subject of women and fiction, read to the Arts Society at Newnham and the Odtaa at Girton in October 1928. The paper relates that both Newnham and Girton were tertiary institutions for women (part of Cambridge University) which were rare in those times.
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"Virginia Woolf wrote "A Room of One's Own "in 1929. The preface to the book informs us that this "essay" was based upon two papers Woolf read to the Arts Society at Newnham and the Odtaa at Girton in October 1928. Both Newnham and Girton were tertiary institutions for women (part of Cambridge University) - which were rare indeed in those times. Woolf had been invited to speak on the subject of women and fiction. Apparently the project intrigued her and gained a momentum of its own, as we can see from the depth of her inquiry into the subject and the length."
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Virginia Woolf's "Professions of Women", 2006.
This paper discusses Virginia Woolf's "Professions of Women" in terms of women and work.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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This paper explains that, in "Professions of Women", Virginia Woolf contended that in the future barriers to professional women and careers would be eliminated. The author reviews current views of Woolf's argument.
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"In "Professions of Women", Virginia Woolf told a group of women that her own profession as a writer offered fewer experiences for women than any other. Woolf felt that she did not deserve to be called a professional woman."
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