Comparison of A Society by Virginia Woolf and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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1ANALYTICAL ESSAY
The twentieth century writers of short stories and novels often put forth in their writings
the various ways of oppression that were faced by the resident members of the society. The
following essay deals with the comparison of the short story, A Society composed by Virginia
Woolf and the celebrated novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath on the basis of the various matters
that pertain to the worlds that have been portrayed by the eminent writers in this case.
In her celebrated short story, A Society, Virginia Woolf, the eminent female writer of the
short stories, novels and poetries tend to put forth the discussion on the matters that pertain to the
themes of the change, control, determination, dominance, equality and oppression (Graff,
Birkenstein & Durst, 2006). The short story in discussion has been extracted from the collection
of short stories named The Complete Shorter Fiction and is observed to be having a first-person
narrative by the protagonist of the story. The author puts forth the fact the then society was
known to be a patriarchal society wherein the female members of the society have been known to
be demanding an equal footing with the men who have been residing within the country. The
author portrays the various female characters who were found to be attempting to establish an
equality for themselves. The story describes the society to be a very strict one wherein the young
female members of the society could not have “dined out without asking her parents and
carefully noting his replies” (Woolf, 1989). The world view depicted through the concerned
short story relates to the patriarchal world wherein the concerned female members were
dominated upon and considered to be the weaker section of the society. The author further puts
forth the fact that the concerned female characters in the story are observed to form a society that
would aim at the decision as to whether the female members of the society are “justified in
continuing the human race” (Woolf, 1989). The concept of the equality as demanded by the
female members of the society have been observed to be a stepping stone in the matters that
The twentieth century writers of short stories and novels often put forth in their writings
the various ways of oppression that were faced by the resident members of the society. The
following essay deals with the comparison of the short story, A Society composed by Virginia
Woolf and the celebrated novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath on the basis of the various matters
that pertain to the worlds that have been portrayed by the eminent writers in this case.
In her celebrated short story, A Society, Virginia Woolf, the eminent female writer of the
short stories, novels and poetries tend to put forth the discussion on the matters that pertain to the
themes of the change, control, determination, dominance, equality and oppression (Graff,
Birkenstein & Durst, 2006). The short story in discussion has been extracted from the collection
of short stories named The Complete Shorter Fiction and is observed to be having a first-person
narrative by the protagonist of the story. The author puts forth the fact the then society was
known to be a patriarchal society wherein the female members of the society have been known to
be demanding an equal footing with the men who have been residing within the country. The
author portrays the various female characters who were found to be attempting to establish an
equality for themselves. The story describes the society to be a very strict one wherein the young
female members of the society could not have “dined out without asking her parents and
carefully noting his replies” (Woolf, 1989). The world view depicted through the concerned
short story relates to the patriarchal world wherein the concerned female members were
dominated upon and considered to be the weaker section of the society. The author further puts
forth the fact that the concerned female characters in the story are observed to form a society that
would aim at the decision as to whether the female members of the society are “justified in
continuing the human race” (Woolf, 1989). The concept of the equality as demanded by the
female members of the society have been observed to be a stepping stone in the matters that
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