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‘Tablecloths of a different kind were not real tablecloths’. Does this sentence embody the idea of blind adherence to rules and tradition? Discuss with reference to ‘Understanding Freedom and Discipline’ by J. Krishnamurti that you’ve already read.

Both Woolf and Krishnamurti have raised their voice against the blind adherence to rules and tradition in many of their works. Woolf in ‘Mark on the Wall’ and Krishnamurti in ‘Understanding Freedom and Discipline’ have talked about how the traditionally set rules have hampered the individual freedom; and the compulsions that they pose because of which people have to compromise on their desires. Woolf has also questioned the traditional importance that is given to knowledge and learning, the concept Shakespearean depiction of reality and by rejecting these long set norms comes up with her own theory on gaining knowledge and depiction of reality.


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