Virginia Wolf
TEST NO. 1, QUESTION 1
In Virginia Woolf's two passages describing two very opposite meals that was served at the men's college and the other at the women's college; reflects Woolf's attitude toward women's place in society.
When Woolf describes her meal at the men's college she describes in such a way that implies luxury and choice. The syntax and diction work with Woolf to possess this tone, "many, various, rewards, succulent, and heaven" all contribute to Woolf's view on men. The implication is she sees that men are of superiority to women further more the fact that men have choices in means is parallel with the idea that they have choices in society a la voting.
The description of the women's meal could be summed up in one word, plain. Syntactically there are many examples promoting the simplicity of women in society at the time. For the excerpt to open with, "Here was my soup," shows the monosyllabic words being used and the simplicity of the sentence all imply just......
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