FuicuGeorgiana-Nicoleta ResearchTopic:Thedifferentlifestylesoffemininecharactersin“TheWaves”byVirginia Woolf. ResearchQuestion:Howisthedifferencebetweenfemininecharactersinthenovel? Outline:Differentlifestylesoffemininecharacters I.“TheWaves”hasinthecenterofthenovelthedifferentlifestylesofSusan,Jinnyand Rhoda,differentpointsofviewandtheirownpersonalitieswithoutsimilarities. II.VirginiaWoolf’swork A.Thepresentationofafeministnovel B.Theexpressionofdifferenthumanmindandbehavior III.Thefeminineenvy A.Thefemininecharactersenvyoneanotherbecauseofthebeauty,popularity 1.ThebeautyofJinny,thepowerofbeingadmired 2.Thedesireforpopularity,thesuperiorityoffemalecharacters B.Constantdesireforloveandhatredbecauseoftheenvy IV.Thedifferentidentity 1.Susan,seenastherebelone 2.Rhoda,seenastheeternaloutsiderone 3.Jinny,seenasthetraditionalone Claim/Thesisstatement:“TheWaves”writtenbyVirginiaWoolfhasinthecenter threefemininecharacters,differentbytheirownpersonalitiesandlifestyles.The behaviorofwomenrepresentsdifferenttypesoffemininecharactersinVirginia Woolf’snovel. Inthisessaywillbepresented“TheWaves”whichisconsideredoneofthemost experimentalnovelswrittenbyVirginiaWoolfwhowasanambitiousEnglishwriter,considered oneofthemostimportantmodernistauthorsof20th-century.Thisnovelisaboutbothdifference andtheinstabilityoftheselfandfollowssixcharacters,butthispaperwillpresentthedifferent lifestyleoffemalecharacters.Thefemalecharactersofthisnovelare:Susan,RhodaandJinny. VirginiaWoolfenterinthefemininecharactersmindandreportstheirthoughtsandperceptions. Theauthorbuildshercharactersfromtheinsideoutandthethemeofthenovelisthedifference inthepersonalityofthefemininecharactersof“TheWaves”.ThedifferentlifestyleofSusan, RhodaandJinnyispresentineachchapterofnovelthatrepresentsadifferentpartofadaybeing distinguishbytheirfeeling,acts,personalitiesandthoughts. Thenovelpresentsthethreefemininecharactersastherebelone,thetraditionaloneand theeternaloutsiderone.Susanisseenasthemostnaturalofthethreefemininecharactersand therebelonebecauseofherliving,shehasacomplexlifewithfamilyandfriends,butalsowith love.Susancomesfromthecountryandsheonlyendurestheyearsofeducationonlyinorderto return.Jinny,thetraditionalone,sheisthemost“wordly”ofthethreefemininecharacters,her visionisalwaystobeadmiredandtofindlovers,butnotlove,becausesheknowsthatherpower ofbeautywillburnoutintheend.Rhoda,thequietone,isadreamyandaneternaloutsiderone, thatisoutfromthereality,sheisalwaystryingnottobeseen,noticedbecausesheisneverquite happywithherlife.“Rhodacannotcarryamessage,cannotembraceorcommunicate,because shehasnoidentity”.(JaneMarcuspage215).Rhodathinksthattheworldinsideherheadisa refugefromtheexternalworldofotherpeople.Sheisterrifiedofeverything,terrifiedofhaving contactwithpeople,ofbeingjudged.Hermostcharacteristicgesture,evenamongfriends,isto stareoutthewindowandlostinimaginationonlybecausebeingaloneisherescape.Rhodacopy thewayJinnyandSusandresstoavoidmakingmistakesbecausenothingcomeseasilytoher, andeverythingseemsforeign.Musiciskindofstructureinwhichshecanfindtemporaryshelter, isoneofhermeasureofconsolation,beforehertragicend.Rhoda’slifestyleissad,without colour,withoutlove,withoutlife,whileJinnyandSusanhasacomplexlife,withfriends,love, family.Death,forRhodaistheonlyecape.WeidentifyRhodabyherfearoflife,“anemerging monster”(pg.47),andherdreams.Sheisdescribedas“thenymphofthefountainalwayswet” (pgs84,183).Rhodadoesnotsee,shejusthearsasound;fromthebeginningsheisoutoftouch withrealitywhileJinnyisconcernedwiththephysicalandSusanisessentiallyherselfinher needtopossess,tobegivenandtogive.Theonlythingthatmakesthethreefemalecharactersto…
