Authored by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Authored by Virginia Woolf

In her essay, Woolf uses metaphors to explore social injustices and comments on women's lack of free expression. Her metaphor of a fish explains her most essential point, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". Here, Woolf describes the influence of women's social expectations as mere domestic child bearers, ignorant and chaste.