VIRGINIA WOOLF - A BRIEF GLANCE ON HER LIFE, WORKS AND STYLE.

INTRODUCTION Sigmund Freud initially described in his book Beyond the Pleasure   Principle that “the goal of all life is death”  (Cherry)  He has observed that, "After people experience a traumatic event (such as war), they often re-enact the experience. He concluded that people hold an unconscious desire to die, but that this wish is largely tempered by the life instincts."  (Cherry) Freud's view says that self deteriorating and destructive behavior is an expression of the energy which is built by the death instincts. When this energy is directed outward onto others, it is expressed as aggression and violence. Thanatos is a concept, in which the person feels that he or she can get rid of all this sorrows only by death. This urge for death exists in every person’s inner consciousness many people feel that there is no death instinct in their personality because somewhere their life instance is very strong. Sometimes person has more desire for death

"male/female face" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by sirexkat ANDROGYNY Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.                             Ander Gyne                                                 +                              Man Woman NOVELISTS WRITTEN ON ANDROGYNOUS THEME There are so many novelists who have written their novels on the theme of Androgyny. Like example, Nancy Garden's – Annie on My Mind, Julie Anne Peters – Keeping You a Secret, Jeanette Winterson's – Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Alice Walker's – The Color Purple, Michael Cunningham's – The Hours, Virginia Woolf's – Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando. HATERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CONCEPT ON ANDROGYNY  Woolf initially introduced her theory of androgynous mind in A Room of One's Own and this new concept was quite debatable and unacceptable for the readers. People started hating her after they met this new concept of Androgyny. There are many