Social Concerns As the daughter of two prototypically Eminent Victorians—Sir Leslie Stephen‚ the editor of The Dictionary of National Biography and Julia Stephen‚ a member of the prestigious Pre-Raphaelite circle—Virginia Woolf was raised in what Sandra Gilbert calls a "mausoleum of (a) late Victorian household" (No Man’s Land‚ Vol. III‚ Letters from the Front‚ 1994)‚ but the death of her father in 1904 when she was twenty-two dislodged her from the restrictions and expectations of some deeply entrenched
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The Duchess and the Jeweler is the story of the world’s greatest jeweler who had promised his mother to become the richest jeweler in the world in his childhood but now that his dream has materialized he does not feel satisfied. So trying to achieve satisfaction‚ knowingly he buys fake pearls from a Duchess in exchange for passing a whole weekend with her daughter whom he is in love with. The purpose of this essay is to show how Virginia Woolf has successfully presented the inner mind of the characters
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THE DUCHESS AND THE JEWELLER Oliver Bacon‚ the jeweller‚ is really the only developed character in the short story "The Duchess and the Jeweller" by Virginia Woolf. The author uses the indirect stream-of consciousness technique as well as her own words to depicts the enterprising merchant as a many-sided man: He is both ambitious and sympathetic. The jeweller is highly arrogant and ambitious. His strutting smugness is evident through the animal metaphors used to portray him-from his physical
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English novelist‚ essayist‚ biographer‚ and feminist. Woolf was a prolific writer‚ whose modernist style changed with each new novel.[1] Her letters and memoirs reveal glimpses of Woolf at the center of English literary culture during the Bloomsbury era. Woolf represents a historical moment when art was integrated into society‚ as T.S. Eliot describes in his obituary for Virginia. “Without Virginia Woolf at the center of it‚ it would have remained formless or marginal…With
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Like Virginia Woolf’s critically acclaimed Mrs. Dalloway‚ her short story The Duchess and the Jeweller is a study about how everyone and everything is connected; the poor to the rich‚ the past to the present‚ the body to the soul‚ man to animal. She does not simply explain that these things are true‚ she shows it through the actions‚ dialogue and very existence of the characters‚ so that the reader will never be presented with irrefutable evidence of her relative theory. In the first paragraph
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What mistake has Oliver made? Is it forgivable? Explain? Outline: I. Introduction: + Born into and brought up in a noble family‚ Virginia Woolf has a deep knowledge about her aristocratic society. Therefore‚ almost all her works revolve around this. + One of example is “The Duchess and The Jeweler” + Buying ten pearls from the duchess while knowing they are counterfeits is a big mistake?? II. Body: + From the point point of view of a business man + As an ordinary person
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“The Duchess and the Jeweller”‚ a story by Virginia Wolf‚ tells the tale of Oliver Bacon a man who grew up very poor but ended up a master jeweler with very rich and titled customers. Although his outward appearance is one of high breeding and richness it hides his insecurity and his longing for something else. Oliver is a tortured soul who cannot enjoy the fruits of his labor and his dissatisfaction with his life causes him to treat those around him with disdain and rudeness. Oliver is a tall
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The Duchess of Malfi was written in the early 1600’s and is often considered to be Webster’s masterpiece. The story takes place in the Italian city of Amalfi during the sixteenth century‚ where the Duchess of the court of Amalfi is a young widow who has fallen in love with her steward‚ Antonio. Both of her brothers the Cardinal and Duke Ferdinand are against her remarrying and are very powerful. In becoming suspicious of the Duchess‚ Ferdinand hires Bosola to spy on her‚ while the Duchess thinks
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