Marriage and Women in Orlando

Marriage and Women In Orlando
Woolf’s interpretations of the role of women within the context of marriage as examined in Orlando illustrate the subversion of the myth of marriage and womanhood.
Orlando, beginning the novel as a young nobleman and transforming into a female with the movement into the 19th century, finds herself yielding to the structures of society; she begins to feel alone while “everyone is mated except myself” (pg.246). However, she undergoes yet another transformation; Orlando fee...