A Room of One's Own

The metaphor of a looking-glass as presented in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

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Men, used to feeling superior at the expense of women, grow angry and fearful when their superiority is threatened. Hence, they cut down the women in an attempt to enlarge themselves, as the narrator describes in the "looking-glass" metaphor.

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A Room of One’s Own