Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse 

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1....How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday battles that people are at in their relationship with near and dear ones, the struggle of a female artist against the values of middle/upper class society etc) can only be said in the way she has said? (Key: The 'How' of the narrative technique is to be discussed along with features of Stream of Consciousness technique which helps Woolf to put in effective manner what she experienced in abstractions.)

                Virginia Woolf written by “To The Lighthouse”. He was a use stream of consciousness and they have important part of Virginia Woolf novel to “The light house. Mrs. Ramsay is the central character and a bridge between children and their father. Mr. Ramsay and his family go out to lighthouse that time all lighthouse member play cricket. Mr. and  Mrs. Ramsay was enjoyed  the moment and they have a happy family.

 

2..... Considering symbolically, does the Lighthouse stand for Mrs. Ramsay or the narrator (Virginia Woolf herself who is categorically represented by Lily)? (Key: Take help from the presentation on Symbolism to connect Mrs. Caroline Ramsay with Lighthouse. Secondly, the narrator / author cannot fully disappear from the novel and thus the stoicism of Lily to paint and thus prove that she can paint, is symbolically presented in stoicism of Lighthouse. Read 'lighthouse' symbol from presentation slide with this insight to connect lighthouse with the narrator. Give your concluding remarks in the comment below in this blog )

     

                    ‘Lighthouse’ symbolized the character of Mrs. Ramsay because she is a good wife and mother. She takes care of every person in house. Ramsay’s family is a naturally very joyful but when Mrs. Ramsay was not present at that time all family members miss a lot. Lily Briscoe painting is also a symbol in ‘To the Lighthouse’.

   

3.....Considering symbolically, does the Lighthouse stand for Mrs. Ramsay or the narrator (Virginia Woolf herself who is categorically represented by Lily)? (Key: Take help from the presentation on Symbolism to connect Mrs. Caroline Ramsay with Lighthouse. Secondly, the narrator / author cannot fully disappear from the novel and thus the stoicism of Lily to paint and thus prove that she can paint, is symbolically presented in stoicism of Lighthouse. Read 'lighthouse' symbol from presentation slide with this insight to connect lighthouse with the narrator. Give your concluding remarks in the comment below in this blog )

 

                            Yes, at some extent we can say that Mrs. Ramsay stands as the symbol of lighthouse in the novel. She works like the lighthouse. She tries to give way or guidance to the people who are needed. But there is a kind of satire because it is for those who lost their path not for those who are not lost and who have their own light. She works as a sponge in the novel. She is a spiritual bridge among all the characters. The relationship is broken without her.

 

4......In the article by Joseph Blotner, two myths are patterned together. Name the myths? How they are zeroed down to the symbols of 'Window' and 'Lighthouse'? How does the male phallic symbol represent feminine Mrs. Ramsay? (Key: The strokes of light-beams. . . )

 

                     It is a symbol of preservation or change of technology and it improving human culture.It is an instrument of science and it occupies the same sphere as the lighthouse .It could be viewed as a domestic lighthouse of sorts it also represents by Mrs Ramsay as a mother training or shaping her children's mind.

 

5..... ... the wages of obedience is death, and the daughter that reproduces mothering to perfection, including child-bearing, already has on her cheeks the pallor of death. One reminded here of various texts by Lucy Irigaray, in which she attacks mothers for being, however unwillingly, accomplices in the patriarchal system of oppression." (Viola). In light of this remark, explain briefly Lily's dilemma in 'To The Lighthouse'. 

           
                    Mrs. Ramsay is the protagonist of the novel . we find with some extent Virginia  Woolf’s life and dilemma  of herself as a women. Mrs.Ramsay is may be representation of her mother and Lily is representation of Virginia Woolf.

 

6......How do you interpret the last line of the novel (It was done; it was finished.
Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision.) with reference to the ending of the film (After the final stroke on the canvass with finishing touch, Lily walks inside the house. As she goes ante-chamber, the light and dark shade makes his face play hide-and-seek. She climbs stairs, puts her brush aside, walks through the dark and light to enter her room. Gently closes the door - speaks: "Closed doors, open windows" - lies on the bed and with some sort of satisfaction utters: "Dearest Briscoe, you are a fool".) 

 

                          My interpretation about the last line of the novel and film.
Last line of the novel was I have had my vision we can compare this line with Woolf's life that like Lily she also had her vision and tried to prove that famale's ability to write and paint another thing she also represent herself through Lily's character.
And last line of the film was-" closed doors, open windows" lies on the bed and with some sort of satisfaction utters" Dearest Briscoe, you are a
fool", may be it can be Woolf told to herself that you are a fool, another meaning this line also symbol of relation of family.

 

 

 7........What does the catalogue named as 'Army and Navy' signify? What does cutting of 'Refrigerator'  signify?

 

            Refrigerator uses for keeping the things as it is. and in novel also through the symbol of refrigerator, writer suggests that the protagonist of the novel Mrs.Ramsay tries to preserve the things. She always tries to preserve the refine form of culture as it is her responsibility. It is suggestion to James from Mrs. Ramsay to cut refrigerator from the catalog of Army and Navy. Refrigerator also one kind of technology and technology itself a symbol of constantly change and improving so , it also stands for improving human culture.