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FREEDOM
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
came from an upper class family
she could not go to university due to the father, who had conservative ideas.
A Room of One's own
women do not have enough freedom to become writers
women do not have private space
women do not have financial independence
Shakespeare's sister
George Orwell (1903-1950)
novel 1984 ( written in 1948)
the Big Brother is the headmaster of the Party
the Party controls all the aspects of the society ( culture, history, etc.)
dystopia
he imagines a future without freedoms
there is no freedom of expression
it is forbidden to fall in love
Winston (the protagonist) falls in love of Julia and both are arrested and tortured
the book denounces the dictatures of 1940s
the suffraggettes
this movement started in 1872
women fight to obtain the right of vote
they wanted the same freedoms of men
after many troubles women obtain the right of vote (1918)
suffraggettes were supported by popular personalities. (e.g. John Mill)
women begin to rebel against the Government
they wanted to end the domination of men
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
he goes against the conservative ideals of Victorian society
everyone must be free to express his own opinion
Art represents the freedom
Freedom to pursue happiness
sexual freedom
he was a homosexual