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A 5 page paper which examines the relations between genders in Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando.” No additional sources cited.
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was a woman who was deeply troubled by the lack of opportunities for women, yet also a woman who perhaps believed that a sort of androgynous society and world would
be best for all. She seemed, at times, confused about where she fit in as a woman and an artist and as a human being. A troubled woman in many
ways, her work stands as some of the best in relationship to making the reader really think about gender roles and relationships concerning gender. The following paper discusses gender relations
and the position of women in her novel "Orlando." Gender: "Orland" by Virginia Woolf Woolfs novel is one that speaks of a woman, Orlando, who is obviously seeking
out her identity throughout the years and her travels. She is a woman who poses as a man, has sexual encounters with men and women, and ultimately ends up giving
birth. Through all of these journeys she is seeking her identity and exploring the condition of gender in society. In one chapter of her book, chapter four, one can
see one perspective, coming from the narrator, in relationship to women and gender in the case of Orlando. At this point she is obviously a woman once more, or showing
that she is a woman, and the narrator states, "it may have been observed that Orlando hid her manuscripts when interrupted. Next, that she looked long and intently in the
glass; and now, as she drove to London, one might notice her starting and suppressing a cry when the horses galloped faster than she liked" (Woolf Chapter 4). In this
one can see that she has immediately assumed the role of a submissive woman who cannot show she is intelligent or trying to write something of importance. A man would
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