😊 Here below listed are the important aspects about Unit Four.

I.Theme

Virginia Woolf is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of modernism as well as one of the pioneers of women’s liberation from patriarchy. In this essay, Virginia Woolf gives a clear and convincing presentation of the obstacles facing professional women. And encourage women to get rid of the prejudice, to maintain their own position and using new thoughts, attitudes and value to enrich themselves.

II. Writing Style

Virginia Woolf is known for her experimentation and innovation in novel writing. In her novel, emphasis is on the psychological realm of her characters and the moment-by-moment experience of living, which are depicted by the techniques of interior monologue and stream of consciousness.

In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. In the text you can find many interior monologues which can express the true feelings of Virginia Woolf For specific examples, one can refer to the section NOTES ON THE TEXT for more details.

III. Implications

It is unfair to women that they have no the same treatment as men. The reason why men have peculiar rights is the conventional concept.

In this speech Virginia Woolf shows every reader her opinions about the employment of women and men. She uses her own experiences to present to other women the process to “kill the angel” which represent casting off the traditional women character of men obedience, and uses “one’s own room” to cheers up women’s power to fight for their own, even if women have gained many freedoms, but women should still continue fighting, fill themselves with new ideas, attitudes and values, until they break up the glass ceiling. This speech can serve as a good example for women to follow.