This document provides an agenda and background information for a class discussion on Virginia Woolf's essay "Shakespeare's Sister" and Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave". It includes a brief biography of Woolf, an overview of the topics and questions to be discussed, including rhetorical strategies used by Woolf and issues raised. It also lists potential essay prompts that students will respond to in an in-class essay comparing Woolf and Plato's works.