Virginia
Woolf (1882 - 1941)
is
the first leader of the feminism, her most important feminist works
are "Orlando" and "A room of one's own". Orlando
speaks about a man that live through 350 years and in 17th century became a
woman. Significantly for V. Woolf's idea of the role of woman in modern society, this
evolution is reached by Orlando through a chance in sex from male to female and that the chance takes
place in 17 th century in which
female consciousness begins to make itself felt. Orlando represents V. Woolf
herself in fact this character is the symbol of androgyny, a loved theme by
Virginia Woolf.
Orlando
is also a writer and his/her story was a biography that will published in XX
century when she is a woman.
In
this book Virginia Woolf critics the men's point of view about women, in
fact Orlando/woman critics the poets of her ages those think women
haven't ideals.
Orlando
is Virginia Woolf's ideal woman that has an economical independence,
androgynyc aspect and that can write without discrimination by man.
These
themes are also present in “A room of one's own” in which V. Woolf says that
women have to have an economical
independence and a room of one's own to write in peace and be independent by
their husbands.
In
fact for Woolf the subordinated role of woman to man borns by the society and can
be chanced.