Virginia Woolf said that for women to write fiction, they need a room to call their own and money to support themselves. She then goes on to give the example of a hypothetical sister of Shakespeare who was just as talented as William, but who did not receive the education or opportunity that he had, and who therefore could not succeed like him. Women writers are just as creative and have as much potential as men. Judith Shakespeare would never have been her brother's writer if she had received the same education, because society chose what the popular literature of the time was and so she could have written just as well. good plays like his brothers but as it was a paternal society they would have chosen to read William rather than Judith Shakespeare. Woolf begins this hypothetical story but by telling the story of William Shakespeare himself. A good way to disprove probability is to take William's story and replace Judith in the same position and see if she would have been able to make the same rise to success as William. The beginning explains how William went to grammar school "Shakespeare himself went, most likely, - his mother was an heiress - to grammar school, where he may have learned Latin - Ovid, Virgil and Horace - and the elements of grammar and logic,” we assume this is where Shakespeare acquired his prowess as an astonishing writer (Woolf 3.8). Now, if we replace William with Judith, it is completely unlikely that a girl from this period would receive an education of this type. “Female literacy in England rose from just 1 percent in 1500 to 25 percent in 1714.” William Shakespeare lived in the late 1500s, so female literacy had probably increased slightly from the 1 percent in 1500, but it was most likely still within the range. if ...... middle of paper ...... support her point of view because it seems like she is more open minded and willing to understand that not all men are the same and there has exceptions who want equality for women as much as they do. Works Cited • Alchin, Linda. “William Shakespeare Siblings.” Siblings William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare Info, nd Web. May 8, 2014.• Margaret JM Ezell. “The Myth of Judith Shakespeare: Creating the Canon of Women’s Literature.” New Literary History, Vol. 21, No. 3, New Historicisms, New Histories and Others (Spring 1990), pp. 579-592 • Pratt, Abby F. "Virginia Woolf | The Curator." The curator. Np, and Web. May 10, 2014. • Reddy, Latha and Rebecca G. Smith. "Readership." Readership. University of Michigan, nd Web. May 11, 2014.• Woolf, Virginia. “A room of one’s own.” Gutenburg.net.au. Np, and Web. May 7 2014.