Primary Interest of Narrator
Orlando the protagonist has many qualities like a handsome noble, poet, patron of art, ambassador, a temporary coma person, and changes to a woman. Orlando is the primary interest of the narrator.
Orlando�s history of his family background, his tradition, his life, his poetic sense is clearly described over here. Orlando�s sex changes in the mid-way of the novel is an important change develops in his character. She starts rebuilding herself, making a female version of Orlando.
Compromise With Gender
In fact, it�s her new discovery of her poetic desires, During the Victorian age, she needs a husband to continue to write. She proves to be a real woman. Orlando winds up and king compromises to her gender.
She publishes �The Oak Tree�. Her changes reflect on her writings also. The drama she wrote changes to an epic poem. This also shows her literary style. During the Victorian age, she is a bit unfaithful towards her marriage.
Love with Shel
She is in love with nature �Shel�. She marries Shel on her own terms. Now Orlando changes into a deep, reflective woman. As she passes through many ages and realizes many experiences of life, she understands that she is a part of nature and not deathless.
Finally, by maturing and reaching middle age, Orlando finds that she has gained everything she was looking for i.e. life and love.