Professions for Women Essay

1. According to Virginia Woolf, what are both main obstacles to womens professional identity? Are these still the two main obstacles, or does the contemporary women face different hurdles? Explain. The two main obstacles to womens professional identify is the expectations of society and the expectations she has for herself. These obstacles still exist nowadays moreover to a certain degree. In 1930 societys expectation for women was to stay home to cook and clean, now women are still seen to do this but are also seen to have a job. Women also give themselves high expectations for many things as they did in the 1930s.2. What is the Origin of the Angel in the put forward (para. 3)? shoot the breeze the Language of Composition Web site for background information .Why is this an appropriate or effective frame of reference for Woolf? The origin of the Angel in the post came from a poem written in the 1900s about self sacrificing heroine which represents the ideal Victorian women a wo man who was sympathetic, very charming, and unselfish. Including the Angel in the House is appropriate because she talks about killing this phantom which meant she was free to express herself, which inspired many women.3. What do you think Woolf means in paragraph 5 when she asserts that a novelists chief desire is to be as unconscious(p) as possible? Do you agree that someone who writes fiction should be unconscious? Why do you think a novelist would want to be unconscious or would benefit from universe unconscious? I think what Woolf means by a novelists chief desire is to be unconscious as possible (paragraph 5). Is that when a writer begins to write they disappear into their own words and conserve to write without stopping. I agree that someone who writes fiction should be unconscious because it helps them describe the character they are portraying better.4. In paragraph 5 and 6, Woolf explores the consequences of being unable to tell the truth about her own experiences as a body. What does she mean Why does she believe that surmounting this obstacle is more difficult perhaps inconceivable at the time she was writing that killing the Angel in the House? Woolf means that women still have to hide behind lies, like a assumedname, to have a book published. She believes the surmounting this obstacle is more difficult because women were not seen as equals in the 1930s they were more seen as property of the husband or father.