1) How far do you feel that Orlando is influenced by Vita and Virginia’s love affair? Does it talk only about that or do you find anything else too?
First of all we need to know about who is Virginia and Vita...
Who is Virginia Woolf ??
Virginia Woolf was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. she is recognised as one of the most innovative writers of the 20th century. Perhaps best known as the author of Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and biographies. Both in style and subject matter, Woolf’s work captures the fast-changing world in which she was working, from transformations in gender roles, sexuality and class to technologies such as cars, airplanes and cinema.
Who is Vita ??
Vita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, and in 1933 for her Collected Poems. She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her famous friend and lover, Virginia Woolf.
Orlando : A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, Woolf's lover and close friend, it is arguably one of her most popular novels; Orlando is a history of English literature in satiric form. The book describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English literary history. Considered a feminist classic, the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies.
The novel is not directly talking about Vita or Virginia but indirectly and symbolically it's talked about love, gender and poet and society. Virginia satire on society by the character of Orlando who changed their sex and live for so many years. She also talked about how the lifestyle of man and women differ , how they suffer and society has vital role in all the thing.
There was indirectly satire on great writer of the age like Alexander pope. How gender play role in making career that all thing talked by writer in this.
2) Who do you think is confused about their identity Vita or Virginia? Explain with illustrations.
According to movies which we watched Vita and Virginia in which we saw That character of Vita is more confused about her choice and feelings she is not able control her feelings towards men and women. She had extramarital affair with women though she don't want to leave her husband. we can say that she put her leg in two boat she doesn't able to select one. When she first time saw Virginia in party she was impressed by her and she want friendship with her anyhow and for that she tries a lot and she got success in this. In movie she told her husband about Virginia Woolf and her personality.
She just want her and for that she did so much effort and got success but with the passing of the time she leave Virginia and make relation with other one so character of Vita is more confused and unstable in many way.
3) What is society’s thought about women and identity? Do you agree with them? If Yes then why? If no then why?
According to me thought of society is changing with the passing of the time.
But there is always one thing common which is that most of theWhat are your views on Gender Identity? Will you like to give any message to society? rule is for women. Women is centre part of every rule of the society. For example Traditionally, women were considered to be full-time homemakers. Their responsibilities were to take care of their children and family. They didn’t have any role in the household earning. Over the years, the roles of women have changed.
But it is true that change is always good for women and women is the reason for the change whatever kind of change there.
Education
More women are now getting literate and they are also pursuing higher education. This is creating an opportunity for them to work. They are also playing role in family decision making.
Outside activities
Women are no longer staying home full-time. They are going to the market for doing grocery shopping, paying bills and doing all the works that only men used to do before. They are getting more involved in the outside works.
I am not completely agree with the idea of society about women because it's depends on situation but when people make it rule and tradition then it is become dreadful for them and they demand for change and this is always in progressive way and it take women to one step up from their position ,for example Virginia Woolf who demanded for higher education and women rights in 20th century and in this 21st century women can get education and freedom very easily. But still there is some places where is women who don't aware about all kind of freedom and rights and they suffer.
In context of Orlando we know that when he is male that time he was able to do what he want to do but as female she can't write as easily as he did. In this novel society became antagonist for Orlando and he became voice of everybody like women , man , writer, satirist and society too.
4) What are your views on Gender Identity? Will you like to give any message to society?
Gender roles in society means how we’re expected to act, speak, dress, groom, and conduct ourselves based upon our assigned sex. For example, girls and women are generally expected to dress in typically feminine ways and be polite, accommodating, and nurturing. Men are generally expected to be strong, aggressive, and bold.
Every society, ethnic group, and culture has gender role expectations, but they can be very different from group to group. They can also change in the same society over time. For example, pink used to be considered a colour for girls.
We live in the society where whatever kind of development in the world but mentality of people towards men and women are never Changed. They always judge person by their identity. I am not talking about female only but men also suffer from it. Society make different rule for different gender for the same situation and they always aspects that they should follow this and behaves according that.
Personality traits :
For example, women are often expected to be accommodating and emotional, while men are usually expected to be self-confident and aggressive.
Domestic behaviors
For example, some people expect that women will take care of the children, cook, and clean the home, while men take care of finances, work on the car, and do the home repairs.
Occupations
Some people are quick to assume that teachers and nurses are women, and that pilots, doctors, and engineers are men.
Physical appearance
For example, women are expected to be thin and graceful, while men are expected to be tall and muscular. Men and women are also expected to dress and groom in ways that are stereotypical to their gender (men wearing pants and short hairstyles, women wearing dresses and make-up.
This kind of different we always find in gender identity and development can not took change in this because it's all about mentality and mentality is not changed by science and technology because somewhere we also habituated with this thing for example whenever rape case happened we first look the time when this happened and when we come to know It about late night then we State that girl can not go outside late night she is responsible for that, she should stay home etc. So as women I also habituated with this kind of thing and ofcourse society is not someone it is made by us and we all are the part of this who made it.
5) Write a note on the direction of the movie. Which symbols and space caught your attention while watching the moive?
In the movie Vita and Virginia , Gemma Arterton plays Vita Sackville-West, a famous socialite and writer in her own right, who meets a woman already famous but soon to be legendary, Virginia Woolf, played by the great Elizabeth Debicki. There’s an immediate connection between the two—although one of the many problems in Eileen Atkins’ script, based on her own play and co-written with director Chanya Button, is that it’s one of those films that’s constantly telling us about the spark between its leading ladies instead of actually showing it. Vita is coming off a scandalous affair with another woman, although it’s more of an issue for society and her mother and more than her husband with whom she seems to be in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” variation on open marriage.
The Virginia captured here is just starting to become the one we know today. She’s dealing with mental illness and anxiety over the publication of Mrs. Dalloway when she becomes infatuated with Vita. The idea that Vita should be a more vibrant, outgoing personality to counter Virginia’s reticent, wallflower personality is fine on a creative level, but it leads to a film with two performances at its center that feel like they’re from different movies. Arterton goes broad in line reading and facial expressions, but Debicki goes too far in the other direction. If Arterton is playing to the back row of the theatre, Debicki is playing to the people who could afford the front. They’re both very good taken on their own, but it creates a lack of chemistry in the center in which it doesn’t just feel like the two women have different personalities but like they’re in different movies. Arterton and Debicki are excellent actresses, but it was Button’s responsibility to pull them together as a director, and that just never happens.
Part of the problem is that the script never allows for depth of character, making the exaggerated over- and under-acting more apparent. This is a film filled with people who say what they want, feel, and need all the time. A character literally says, “You must remember that Virginia is vulnerable under all her brilliance.”
6) Vita and Virginia" had to be made into Bollywood Adaptation, who do you think would be fit for the role of Vita and Virginia?
If in Bollywood made movie on Vita and Virginia then i choose Deepika Padukone as Virginia Woolf and Priyanka Chopra as Vita Sackville.
" ARRANGE WHATEVER PIECES COME YOUR WAY "
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