Appetite, a universal Woolf

I decided to loosely quote Shakespeare's Troillus and Cressida because Woolf places so much emphasis on Shakespeare in this chapter that one can't help but notice how deeply his mystery has cut into Virginia Woolf. More importantly, she craves knowledge of what women's life was like back in Shakespeare's time for reasons that are debatable.

I find it interesting that, as anyone who has studied some of the female characters in his plays knows, the women in the dramas are often bold, empowered, and strong. (e.g. Lady Macbeth, Portia, Isabella, to name a few) For Woolf to keep mentioning Shakespeare in a chapter where she is mostly criticizing the roles society cast for women from the 1700s onward is interesting because she seems to be seeking out more context, but keeps finding empty shelves.