... emotions or other structures of power. In The Hours (film) and the novel, something that Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown and Clarissa Vaughan have in common is their feeling of failure, depression and inadequacy. Each woman feels trapped within her own life. The reasons for each woman's feeling of entrapment are ... be doing things for her husband and not for herself. However, by doing things for her husband, she is indirectly doing things for herself. She notes that if she retains her weight, then there is a higher chance of her and Leonard moving back to London, which is what she wants. ....

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... sexual values of earlier generation (Guerin 239). Judith Butler in her most influential work, Gender Trouble, asserts that feminism made a mistake when it declared that women were a special group with common interests. By so doing, feminists, maintains Butler, reinforced the patriarchal culture that assumed the masculine/feminine and male/female binary oppositions. For Butler, gender is not stable, but fluid, ... everyone. How delightful to see you!" (Woolf 148), (Eberly 2). This clearly shows that, Clarissa tries to discover a means of communication with others, but she fails to overco...

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... to survive, and overcome his degradation. Mrs. Ramsay manages her husband in similar fashion. Lily uses her art as a focal point to maintain her sense of self; it enables her to remain detached. And the dinner party denotes something of the artist in Mrs. Ramsay: The candles, the fragrant and ... happened, and they were all conscious of making a party together in a hollow, on an island; had their common cause against that fluidity out there. (p.97) The guests are at ease; they feel safe, and some sense of comradeship. Mrs. Ramsay is in tune with this alignment and harmony: there is a coh...

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• Grade Level: High School