Judith Shakespeare
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Judith Shakespeare is a fictional sister of William Shakespeare created by Virginia Woolf in "A Room of One’s Own" to illustrate the systemic barriers faced by women writers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Room of One’s Own NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | essay ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
feminist literary criticism
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gender and authorship ⓘ women and fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWork | A Room of One’s Own NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| facesBarrier |
denial of formal education
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economic dependence ⓘ familial opposition to literary ambitions ⓘ lack of access to classical learning ⓘ lack of private space to write ⓘ social expectations of marriage ⓘ |
| familyName | Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation |
aspiring writer
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playwright (aspiring) ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod |
Elizabethan era
NERFINISHED
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late 16th century ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceForm | extended essay ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasSibling | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedDiscourseOn |
feminist theory
ⓘ
women’s literary history ⓘ |
| isFictionalSisterOf | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
allegorical figure
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didactic example ⓘ thought experiment character ⓘ |
| modeOfExistence | hypothetical person ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
demonstrate gender inequality in access to education
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demonstrate gender inequality in access to literary careers ⓘ illustrate systemic barriers faced by women writers ⓘ |
| relatedTheme |
economic independence for women
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education and gender ⓘ erasure of women from the canon ⓘ patriarchy in literary history ⓘ social constraints on creativity ⓘ |
| siblingRelationType | sister ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
need for a room of one’s own and financial independence
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the unrealized potential of women writers ⓘ women’s excluded intellectual labor ⓘ |
| usedAsExampleOf |
lack of opportunities for women in Elizabethan England
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patriarchal constraints on women ⓘ suppressed female genius ⓘ |
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