... somewhat astonishingly, Violenta is not adverse to Count Roderigo's suit; rather, her objections lie in the Count's intentions of having Violenta trade in her virginal status, in effect, her honor, without offering the proper recompense - marriage - in return. One could say then, while Violenta is not making her virtue available for sale, she certainly is waiting for a society-sanctioned "trade ... . Violenta is disgraced not because she loses her virginal status, but rather, the text suggests, because she longer retains the ability to use her reputed purity as a bargaining tool. And wit...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

... mothers if we are women". Not only was this how the "women's literary revolution" evolved, but it was also the dominant force in Woolf's argument in that, she argues that without a women's tradition to draw from, there would be no successful women writers. Furthermore, men who had the advantage of education, contemporary male peer groups and/or male literary forefathers, they ... away from the preconceived notion that society had placed on her as a woman and seek out a means of education, financial stability and most importantly, she would need to experience life without the criticism a...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

... it. Later in the play, the reader sees how Olivia bided time so that she could choose her own lover, and in a bold move, she asks Cesario to marry her, without waiting for any proposal from any other man. Viola, also a woman of privilege, uses similar tactics to achieve similar ends. When the ship she is traveling on with her brother ... ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate