Definitely Virginia Woolf in her novel A Room of One’s Own uses multiple literary strategies and devices, with the purpose of making a more fluid and cohesive text, and creating certain empathy with the reader. For this purpose, she through different mechanisms and perspectives from different women, tries to make an emphasis on the harsh circumstances and situation that women lived in the 1800’s in the United Kingdom. Thus, Woolf analyzes deeply the English society. Undobtedly, the essay (story)
readers to think again about moths and understand the relationship between humans and moths. Virginia Woolf uses moths as a metaphor in “The Death of The Moth” to compare unlike objects and abstract ideas. In this short story, the moth
influence how illness is perceived by the sick individual herself or by others. These medical components, Woolf states, include the vastly different methods of perception
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” This a famous quotes by Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was a proponent of black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. Knowing history is not a pleasure for the historians, but also for every individual who have a past life. This intense quote helps us to question our self, like “what is the use of knowing history”, “why do I need to know my roots”, “it isn’t enough knowing my great
the recurring elements and sub-genres of science fiction literature Introduction Science Fiction is a literary genre that deals with imaginative writing and incorporates elements that originate from science or scientific rudiments. It belongs to the category of speculative fiction and usually explores the impact of science and technology on the society. Science fiction has been a major literary genre consisting of various sub-genres and themes within it. A complete and inclusive definition of science
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin