Judith Shakespeare

To me, Judith Shakespeare is all the women who never had a chance to talk. Although I'm sure my argument is not right, I feel as though Woolf goes on and on about how different Judith and Shakespeare actually are.

Woolf writes, "it would have been impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to have written the plays of Shakespeare in the age of Shakespeare."

While Shakespeare was out and about in London, working in theatres, he started to become a successful actor and knew many important people. While this was going on his sister Judith was to remain at home. She tried to read and sneak in a couple pages when she could, but sometimes she would get caught and was told to go back and do what she had learned.

Judith was never given the opportunities to enhance her education. Her and Shakespeare were always treated differently, because "that was the way women were suppose to be treated."

Women have worked for their place in society and since back then even up until now, it has been a struggle for women to gain the right respect and equality. To me, this argument that Woolf writes about is for all the women back in those days who wanted to read, write and have a life like a fellow male.