Virginia Woolf 1882-1941

Virginia Woolf was a dynamic writer with an exceptional style of writing. I enjoyed the excerpt from "Professions for Women". "And the phantom was a woman, and when I came to know her better I called her after the heroine of a famous poem, "The Angel in the House". It was she who used to come between me and m ypaper when I was writinf reviews. It was she who bothered me and wasted my time and so tormented me that at last I killed her." The way in which she re-told a conversation that may have been with her mother, or someone who was very concerned about her future ambitions as a writer. She captured the emotions of the concerned person as well as her lackadaisical attitude toward the conversation very well. Here's an example of the inner conversation that Woolf displays, "It was she who used to come between me and my paper when I was writing reviews. It was she who bothered me and wasted my time and so tormented me that at last I killed her"(Woolf, Professions for Women). This excerpt basically lets you know the role of a women in those times. Any work that a women did out of her home was unacceptable. She was adamant about not allowing anyone to kill the dream and the love she has for writing.Her way of dealing with this male chauvinistic society was through her writing.