A room of one’s own — Virginia Woolf
Chapter 3 Summary: A person wouldn’t be able to perform creative work like writing, composing, and acting in theaters if they didn’t have room or money. The society or system was in place, preventing them from doing anything independently. The girl child from the upper classes had to listen to her father; after marriage, she was enslaved by her husband and unable to do things independently. Also, she thinks middle-class women cannot produce such great pieces of art as Shakespeare due to their living conditions. She wants to explore Shakespeare’s state of mind when he wrote Antony and Cleopatra. She recollects all the women characters like Lady Macbeth, Clymenestra, Antigone, Duchess of Malfi, and Cleopatra, whereas many famous men of that time believe they lack any personality or Character. Woolfe wants to document the lives of middle-class women and what they were like because history doesn’t seem to care about women and their writing, and they didn’t receive any encouragement whatsoever. She wonders why no women wrote poetry during the Elizabethan age because they stayed home most of the time and were not educated like their brothers. However, we see some exceptions like Emily Brontes and Robert burn. She encourages women to watch for their fame and ensure they don’t go anonymous. National Theater has made possible to showcase a contemporary Antigone and it cost about 13$ to watch it from one of your mobile devices, perhaps an iPad. Brilliant performace by King Creone and Antigone.
