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

Thanatos is a concept, in which the person feels that he or she can get rid of all his sorrows only by death. In fact  this urge for death exists in every person’s inner consciousness. At the same time there are people who feel that there is no death instinct in their personality,  because somewhere their life instinct is strong. Depressive and negative people  have more desire for death than life. For example in a drama called Hamlet by Shakespeare when Hamlet came to know that his father was murdered by his uncle and his own mother, he was in such an agony that he sighed and said: "To be or not to be … that is the question" It happens even when a person is very much happy, in that extreme joy, he or she sometimes feels to die. The word called 'Death' can be easily seen in Woolf's most of the novels like example in Mrs Dalloway. It’s like a ghost that cannot be expelled from the consciousness of the mind. The question which has been raised here is f...

This was the question hitting  everybody's mind when it was declared publicly, that Woolf is no more, she drowned herself into the river Ouse near her house and committed suicide on 28 March, 1941. The above is the news in The New York Times regarding Virginia, who was missing from her house. Sources were saying that she already planned to kill herself because she did not find any charm in her life. Still she neither informed anybody nor she shared it with her husband. Eventually people of her area found her clothes in the river then everyone came to know about the sad demise of her. WHY SHE CHOSE RIVER ONLY ? "Virginia Woolf"(CC BY -SA 2.0) by Wolf Gang Now the question is again unanswered that if she was enjoying her  life with her husband, everything seems to be happy and gay then why she took this decision? Even if she decided to kill herself then why she chose river to be the option ? Why not any other ways to do it? Does she not like her existence...

Here the question is, can Anita Desai be an Indian version of Virginia Woolf ? Well,  It has been seen that there is a vast similarity between Woolf's and Desai's style of writing. In spite of the fact that both are from different centuries and countries. Virginia is a modernist literary figure of twentieth century whereas Anita is also powerful contemporary English novelist. The former represents the British English sophisticated society whereas the later the Indian culture and tradition. Although both belongs to different era and literary period but still their method of writing is quite similar, they both follow the same techniques in their writings. They showed interest in representing the character's inner thoughts and consciousness rather than social and political representation of it. Their keen interest has always been in telling about their personal life or  autobiographical content as well as portraying their family members.  It can be seen that their ...

!Virginia Woolf" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)by RV1864 QUESTION TO YOU ? THE READERS... When somebody thinks about Woolf, what would be the first image which comes in the mind of the readers ? Is it her mental illness - manic depressive, bipolar disorder? Serial deaths of her family members ? Haunted childhood? Unsuccesful marital status? suicidal note to her husband Leonard? Her horrible childhood sexual abuse by her step brother ? Her illicit love affair with her girlfriend Vita Sack Ville West? Or her critical writing style which can never be understood in first reading ? CAN IT BE THE ANSWER. Well, to give a single definitive answer will be quite difficult. In spite of all the negatives in life she stood herself and represented  era wih her name and works, which is critical but at the same time intresting too. It really surprises the readers, that how can she has a powerful vision irrespective of her famous demise and personal struggles. She is considered to be one...

Virginia Wool, by L.M. Cutta (CC BY-NC 2.0) by courambel "My Madness saved me"  Virginia's illness and ill behavior always raised a question on her mental status. Whether she is sane or insane? Woolf was declared mentally ill at quite an early stage in her life and this intense seized the whole issue of sanity and insanity. Woolf’s life was a bag of horrible experiences; she faced all the traumas from such a small age, sometimes with the serial deaths of her family members or sometime with the sexual torture by her step Brother. These tragedies, traumas, pains and its after effects which lead her to insanity can be easily seen in her works. Like in her novel Mrs. Dalloway the concept of sanity and insanity are majorly discussed. Virginia meant to show the world from both aspects, to compare how individuals perceive the same events and surroundings in different ways. The judgment whether somebody is mad or not often comes from on exterior source based o...

INTRODUCTION Here the question is, does the age of the author affects his or her personality ? And the answer is 'yes', Why not. Here the age doesn't mean numerical or physical but the period in which the author belongs to, here Woolf belongs to the Modern age.          This particular blog will help to understand that how sometimes  author’s own experiences and moods are reflected in their writings, due to their roots from that particular era which helps to peep inside the author’s soul and their hidden wishes or grievances. In short it can be said that the background of literary age plays an important role in building the authors thoughts and perceptions towards the particular situation.                                                     "1970's inventions that changed our way" (CC BY-ND 2.0) by brizzle born and bre...

"Virginia Woolf" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by trash world INTRODUCTION This blog has been made for the readers who are keenly interested in knowing every single  information about Virginia Woolf, whether it is her childhood, upbringing, schooling, young age, adulthood, love n affairs, writings, style, themes etc. The aim of this blog is to understand her critical writing style through the lens of Woolf’s novels and essays. VIRGINIA WOOLF ‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if is to write fiction’. These were the famous dictum of English writer Virginia Woolf from her book length essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). She was born on 25 January 1882, brought up in a remarkable English household. One of the foremost modernist literary figures of twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury group. HER PARENTS AND SIBLINGS Her parents were Si...