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Virginia Woolf "Two Meals" FinalIn the following two passages, Virginia Woolf describes two different meals that she was served during a university visit; the first meal was served at the men's college, while the second meal was served at the women's college. Read the two passages carefully; then write an essay in which you analyze Woolf's underlying attitude toward women's place in society as she describes the two meals. Discuss how such elements as narrative structure, manipulation of language, selection of detail, and tone contribute to the effect of the passage. In Virginia Woolf's essay "Two Meals" she compares her luncheon at the men's college to the dinner of the women's college. Through the use of clever diction Virginia Woolf uses words in detail to paint her eloquently image of the first luncheon, while her whole demeanor changes as soon as she begins her meal at the women's college. This strategically structure creates an easy understanding to Woolf's underline attitude of being vexed by her responses towards the meals.While having the first meal at the men's college Woolf praises her meal through diction, using words such as "deep dish" "whitest cream" and "foliated as rosebuds". Woolf uses these words to present to the reader that the meal was elegant but also to paint detailed images. Virginia Woolf creates images such as "a counterpane of the whitest cream" "brown spots like the spots on the flanks of a doe" and "their potatoes, thin as coins but not so hard" to convey her attitude of animosity toward not just the men's college but men in general. She describes the meal in detail because it is the part most frequently overlooked by men. Because it is a normal thing to the men, they pay it no head, and this angers Woolf, since she lived in an ear in which women were not treated as men were women were not treated as men were, and meals like the men's did not happen frequently at the women's college if ever. This animosity is easily seen as Virginia Woolf describes her meal at the women's college. This time instead of satiring the meal she states facts. The whole attitude of Woolf changes as she eats this meal. her syntax becomes direct as she no longer uses loose periodic sentences. "Here was the soup" "The plate was plain" "Prunes and custard followed." These are examples of Woolf short and choppy syntax that she uses structural to change her tone and convey her prejudice attitude. Woolf goes on to describe the rest of the women's meal as chairs "scraped...back" the doors "swung violently" and the "hall was emptied". Virginia Woolf creates a harsh image of little talk, women ready to be finished, and little if any enjoyment. In her essay Virginia Woolf, contrasts the two meals using eloquent diction for the men's meal and harsh words for the women. The images Woolf creates help to convey her over all attitude of distain for the drastic difference of the treatment of men and women. ................
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