About Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was one of the modern English writers. Her full name was Adeline Virginia Woolf. She was strong feminist writer and author in the 20th century. Especially her satirical work on society is culture, feminism, and politic system. Here I want to discuss her famous modern novel " To the lighthouse " which connected also her like.
She lived a short life maybe the age of 59 between 1882-194 but she was suffering a lot through mental illness & society. I listened &reaf in sources that she committed suicide also. Why did she suicide? We can't give a particular reason for her suicide. It's happening rarely cases in the world that the writer preferred suicide. Her parents Leslie Stephen also historian, author, and critic. She had own ' Hogarth ptess '. Hence according to her choice, she could write and published own way. Her famous work like as a
1) Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
2) To the lighthouse (1927)
3) Orlando (1928)
4) A Room of One's own (1929)
Here title used very symbolic way because ' Lighthouse ' is a symbol of something statistic, overcoming challenges, adversity or guide for loss path into the sea. I should notify that Virginia Woolf has sense of geographical because she used geographical location and poetic images in the novel. Moreover, she employed the narrative technique of ' stream of consciousness' in this novel artistically. Its a difficult task for her which read each character subconscious mind.
According to Virginia Woolf:-
" Life isn't a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transplant envelope surrounding us from the other beginning of consciousness to end."
This novels genre is a stream of consciousness which first published in 1927. Here the narrator speaks in the third person narrative way who describes the all characters action with subjectively. However, the novel tones Elegiac, poetic, rhythmic and imaginative and setting places in the isle of Skye in the Hebrides. Here we confused that who is a central character? But let me know that Mrs Ramsay is the central character at the beginning of the novel but at the end of the novel I felt that Lily Briscoe played the vital role of the central figure in the novel. When the second part of the novel started with Mrs. Ramsey's dinner party's at that time novel achieved the stage of climax. This novel themes like the transience of and work; art a means of presentation; the movie subjective nature of reality and restorative effects of beauty. Now let's start a discussion on the following all questions;
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 ineffective manners what she experienced in abstractions.)
Virginia Woolf has good ability to discrimination and deep sensivity which proved through reiteration of the each characters. Another things I found she defines information of her life with biographical way. At the end of the novel maybe Virginia Woolf represented her struggle, ambitious by Briscoe. We know that she has luxurious life as a woman who think a lot thwn she wrote on woman rights & real circumstances of female, patriarchal population of modern times. Throughout of novel she interpreted duty & relationship of female characters with male characters with different ways. Mrs Ramsay played various roll as motherhood, wife, housekeeper.
In the novel I can find the complexity of human relationship through characters of Mrs. Ramsay who maybe we find in today's culture and percent Society also have it's difficult task to solving that problem because of most of the person dependent on other people. Here Mrs. Ramsay as an example of a good Indian housewife. She can't do anything without the permission of her husband. So when women broke her particular sense of longing or hoping for a person at that time increased battle between dear and near. Here I found one example that indirectly happens battle between Lily and Mrs. Ramsay.
Moreover, as a female character in the novel Lily Briscoe was soul of art and rationality. Mrs. Ramsay disgusted to drawn painting and lily in a hidden way. Here novelist try said through character of lily that, How to struggling a woman as an artist? What is the importance of art in life? In the novel one dialogue proved the mind of society and battle between two gender which spoken by Tansley one male character.
" women can not paint write..."
Same as the situation openly happening in today's society. Generally, modern society give all type of freedom everybody although in middle and lower class woman is working in only kitchen and take carw of children. Many people gave capture of women like as ' Devi'. So hidden ambition of modern society that women's no need to go outside for working and learning. Still, women are facing so many boundary in present community. So that there is no equality in any field.
2.Do you agree: "The novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay"? (Key: Take some clues from the painting of Mrs Ramsay drawn by Lily Briscoe and the article by Andre Viola and Glenn Pedersen. Can we read Mrs. R in context of the idea of Ideal Indian Woman - Karyeshu dasi, Karaneshu manthri; Bhojeshu mata, Shayaneshu rambha; Kshamayeshu dharithri, Roopeshu lakshmi; Satkarma yukta, Kuladharma pathni. )
I agree with this point that the novel also represented both the side of tribute and critique in character of Mrs. Ramsay. Mrs Ramsay is one of the central character in the novel because all things were happening around herself. When we saw her as an Indian ideal woman, we get some clue points like she always handled all conditions and she tries to fulfillment to the desire of son, husband and family. She didn't raised her voice against her husband and she also tried to shape her daughter same herself. I like to put one sentence here from the novel,
" They must keep the window open and the doors shut... "
Its sentence used symbolic way here. So that in novel mostly she remains lower in front of Superior. Same happening in present Indian society. Who is raise questions for women's rights and freedom against superior? Another thing when Lily Briscoe painting of Mrs Ramsay at that time she also confused to found the focus of the house. When she drew painting as a part of the art at thar time created conflict between character of Mrs. Ramsay and lily briscoe. Lily also arguments with Mrs. Ramsay for what's fact about her life? But at the end of the novel she remaining in each every characters heart which may be proved her as an ideal Indian woman.
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 )
I have to say that here both expanding are true because when we imagine the lighthouse as a symbol of Mrs. Ramsay so that she played a role as a motherhood delightful way in all the characters of the novel. We know in the movie, the lighthouse was inside of sea so there lighthouse was bearing to the slapping of water with loneliness. Same as happening with Mrs. Ramsay in the novel. She remained ready anytime fir fulfillment of desires everybody but anyone couldn't understand her condition or ambition. Another thing lighthouse is single among the sea and it's known through own identity. Maybe here I compare lighthouse is not used only for Mrs. Ramsay but also suitable for lily Briscoe. Because she preferred to remain single rather than married and she lives freely her life that Mrs. Ramsay. So I should be notified that after the death of her, Mrs. Ramsay remains in everybody's mind but lily Briscoe also stands in front of terrible conditions as a single lighthouse hence I have to say that lighthouse id not only a symbol of Mrs. Ramsay but also Lily Briscoe.
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. . . )
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society. Same as here myth is play a vital role as a something lawful. I read somewhere that women are regarded as a land of fertility because everyone is born her. In the Bible myth of adam and Eve also connected here. Human being spread through women. In Greek mythology famous myth of pagan primordial goddess and Oedipus. Both are something known are the first god and goddess born from the void of chaos. The primordial deities Gaia and Uranus give birth to the Titans and the cyclopses.
5.What do you understand by the German term 'Künstlerroman'? How can you justify that 'To The Lighthouse' is 'Künstlerroman' novel?
It's a germans literary. 'Kunst' means that something artistry. Here i can find that one text but different way interpretation. It means that the growth of an artist. Maybe i can say that physically and artistically growth too. The cassic example is James Joyce's portrait of the artist as a young man (1916). It's the autobiographical novel in the " To the lighthouse " one character as a poet Augustus Carmichael was struggle to write poem but at the end of novel he obtained from insight. Same way happening with lily briscoe who struggling for completed pairing with particular vision but at the end of the novel she completed her painting with perception. So that maybe I connect kunstlerroman with the maturity of all the characters. Here i have to say Virginia Woolf connected herself with Lily briscoe because woolf has ability although she faced lot of struggle to prove her self in her life.
6. Lily's Dilemma in the novel " To the Lighthouse ".
Especially Lily briscoe had difference thoughts rather than other woman characters in the novel. As we know that this novel designated biographical way by Virginia Woolf ' To the lighthouse '. In the novel she also fought for freedom who broken all rights of women. During the dialogue between mrs Ramsay and lily, one thing notifies that Lily has not needed of men for better living her life. It means that Lily's thoughts opposite in front of Mrs. Ramsay's thoughts. So that Lily did not influence or control in any way by other people but at the end of the novel, she thought about Mrs. Ramsay without variation. I have to say that indirectly she had ambition to happen the same as mrs Ramsay. What're the reasons behind becoming as Mrs. Ramsay? Why did she become Mrs. Ramsay? Because after the death of Mrs Ramsay who seen in everybody's minds.
7.You have compared the 'beginning' and the 'ending' of the novel and the film adaptation of the novel directed by Colin Gregg (you can see it again in the embedded video below this). Do you think that the novel is more poignant than the movie? If yes, do you ascribe the fact that the power of words is much greater than that of the screen / visuals?
Yes, here i found few difference between Virginia Woolf's novel and colin Gregg's movie. We know that, 'one picture says a hundred words within one second...' same happening here in the movie many scene quickly passed away as a comparison of the novel. Novel also described micro things through words but it's difficult to imagine all the things. The film had it's made easy to understand rather than novel.
8. How do you interpret the last line of the novel?
Specifically, we can't read mental image of everybody but at the end of the novel that sentences used for curiosity of reader that, what's does she want? What is vision? Here i will try to interpret according to my point of view what is vision of Lily?
" I have had my vision.... "
I saw in the movie Lily put her color brush and canvas of the painting in outside and she went to the home. Def i comprehend that she get vision from home rather than outside. She also went into own room there were loneliness. Maybe she felt freedom & victory as compared to Mrs Ramsay & Charles Tansley.
9. What does the catalogue named as 'Army and Navy' signify? What does cutting of 'Refrigerator' signify?
Literature also reflected world war through war poem and novels. Here i found the reference of word war-1 in some scene of the novel. If i am not wrong so Ramsay's elder son died during the first world wartime. So here name given to list record "Army and Navy" which officially spoke on war and social and economic order. Its delayed through character of Mrs Ramsay.
10. Why did Virginia give such prominence to the tale of the “Fisherman’s Wife”? In particular, why did she weave such a misogynist tale into the fabric of a book which so eloquently challenges received patriarchal notions about the roles and capabilities of women?
Virginia Woolf has used the fairy tale with beautifully as an analogue to Mrs Ramsay to Mrs Ramsay's dominating her husband.
11. How is India represented in To the lighthouse
In the novel Mrs Ramsay presented as an Indian ideal woman and wife. Another thing was that there were reflected patriarchal discourse through Ramsay's family. We know that india has good culture and thriving and people called that "India is country of golden sparrow " and also the valley of emerald. But truly I want to say that India has blindness in religion, education and political system. Nowadays we know that India becoming powerful and devrloper but I think India represents the same condition as "The wasteland " of T. S. Eliot.
12. Write summaries of this articles.
Mythical patterns in 'To the lighthouse ' by Joseph L. Blotner:-
According to Joseph the most useful myth for interpreting the novel is that of the primordial goddess, who is threefold in relation ti Zeus: mother (Reha), wife (Demeter) and daughter (Persephone). One of the major sources of the myth is the Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter'. Maybe be she consciously used myth in the writing. I'm the novel the myth of Oedipus and the kore whose provide framework and this novel can be explained in the term of Christian myth. Sigmund Freud's interpretation of Oedipus myth is almost as famous as the myth itself. In the novel jsmes jealousy and feelings of rivalry with his father are intensified by his perhaps unconscious knowledge of the sexual aspects of the relationship between his parents. As Mrs Ramsay gives love, stability and fruitfulness to her family and those in her orbit.
Virginia Woolf was one of the modern English writers. Her full name was Adeline Virginia Woolf. She was strong feminist writer and author in the 20th century. Especially her satirical work on society is culture, feminism, and politic system. Here I want to discuss her famous modern novel " To the lighthouse " which connected also her like.
She lived a short life maybe the age of 59 between 1882-194 but she was suffering a lot through mental illness & society. I listened &reaf in sources that she committed suicide also. Why did she suicide? We can't give a particular reason for her suicide. It's happening rarely cases in the world that the writer preferred suicide. Her parents Leslie Stephen also historian, author, and critic. She had own ' Hogarth ptess '. Hence according to her choice, she could write and published own way. Her famous work like as a
1) Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
2) To the lighthouse (1927)
3) Orlando (1928)
4) A Room of One's own (1929)
Here title used very symbolic way because ' Lighthouse ' is a symbol of something statistic, overcoming challenges, adversity or guide for loss path into the sea. I should notify that Virginia Woolf has sense of geographical because she used geographical location and poetic images in the novel. Moreover, she employed the narrative technique of ' stream of consciousness' in this novel artistically. Its a difficult task for her which read each character subconscious mind.
According to Virginia Woolf:-
" Life isn't a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transplant envelope surrounding us from the other beginning of consciousness to end."
This novels genre is a stream of consciousness which first published in 1927. Here the narrator speaks in the third person narrative way who describes the all characters action with subjectively. However, the novel tones Elegiac, poetic, rhythmic and imaginative and setting places in the isle of Skye in the Hebrides. Here we confused that who is a central character? But let me know that Mrs Ramsay is the central character at the beginning of the novel but at the end of the novel I felt that Lily Briscoe played the vital role of the central figure in the novel. When the second part of the novel started with Mrs. Ramsey's dinner party's at that time novel achieved the stage of climax. This novel themes like the transience of and work; art a means of presentation; the movie subjective nature of reality and restorative effects of beauty. Now let's start a discussion on the following all questions;
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 ineffective manners what she experienced in abstractions.)
Virginia Woolf has good ability to discrimination and deep sensivity which proved through reiteration of the each characters. Another things I found she defines information of her life with biographical way. At the end of the novel maybe Virginia Woolf represented her struggle, ambitious by Briscoe. We know that she has luxurious life as a woman who think a lot thwn she wrote on woman rights & real circumstances of female, patriarchal population of modern times. Throughout of novel she interpreted duty & relationship of female characters with male characters with different ways. Mrs Ramsay played various roll as motherhood, wife, housekeeper.
In the novel I can find the complexity of human relationship through characters of Mrs. Ramsay who maybe we find in today's culture and percent Society also have it's difficult task to solving that problem because of most of the person dependent on other people. Here Mrs. Ramsay as an example of a good Indian housewife. She can't do anything without the permission of her husband. So when women broke her particular sense of longing or hoping for a person at that time increased battle between dear and near. Here I found one example that indirectly happens battle between Lily and Mrs. Ramsay.
Moreover, as a female character in the novel Lily Briscoe was soul of art and rationality. Mrs. Ramsay disgusted to drawn painting and lily in a hidden way. Here novelist try said through character of lily that, How to struggling a woman as an artist? What is the importance of art in life? In the novel one dialogue proved the mind of society and battle between two gender which spoken by Tansley one male character.
" women can not paint write..."
Same as the situation openly happening in today's society. Generally, modern society give all type of freedom everybody although in middle and lower class woman is working in only kitchen and take carw of children. Many people gave capture of women like as ' Devi'. So hidden ambition of modern society that women's no need to go outside for working and learning. Still, women are facing so many boundary in present community. So that there is no equality in any field.
2.Do you agree: "The novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay"? (Key: Take some clues from the painting of Mrs Ramsay drawn by Lily Briscoe and the article by Andre Viola and Glenn Pedersen. Can we read Mrs. R in context of the idea of Ideal Indian Woman - Karyeshu dasi, Karaneshu manthri; Bhojeshu mata, Shayaneshu rambha; Kshamayeshu dharithri, Roopeshu lakshmi; Satkarma yukta, Kuladharma pathni. )
I agree with this point that the novel also represented both the side of tribute and critique in character of Mrs. Ramsay. Mrs Ramsay is one of the central character in the novel because all things were happening around herself. When we saw her as an Indian ideal woman, we get some clue points like she always handled all conditions and she tries to fulfillment to the desire of son, husband and family. She didn't raised her voice against her husband and she also tried to shape her daughter same herself. I like to put one sentence here from the novel,
" They must keep the window open and the doors shut... "
Its sentence used symbolic way here. So that in novel mostly she remains lower in front of Superior. Same happening in present Indian society. Who is raise questions for women's rights and freedom against superior? Another thing when Lily Briscoe painting of Mrs Ramsay at that time she also confused to found the focus of the house. When she drew painting as a part of the art at thar time created conflict between character of Mrs. Ramsay and lily briscoe. Lily also arguments with Mrs. Ramsay for what's fact about her life? But at the end of the novel she remaining in each every characters heart which may be proved her as an ideal Indian woman.
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 )
I have to say that here both expanding are true because when we imagine the lighthouse as a symbol of Mrs. Ramsay so that she played a role as a motherhood delightful way in all the characters of the novel. We know in the movie, the lighthouse was inside of sea so there lighthouse was bearing to the slapping of water with loneliness. Same as happening with Mrs. Ramsay in the novel. She remained ready anytime fir fulfillment of desires everybody but anyone couldn't understand her condition or ambition. Another thing lighthouse is single among the sea and it's known through own identity. Maybe here I compare lighthouse is not used only for Mrs. Ramsay but also suitable for lily Briscoe. Because she preferred to remain single rather than married and she lives freely her life that Mrs. Ramsay. So I should be notified that after the death of her, Mrs. Ramsay remains in everybody's mind but lily Briscoe also stands in front of terrible conditions as a single lighthouse hence I have to say that lighthouse id not only a symbol of Mrs. Ramsay but also Lily Briscoe.
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. . . )
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society. Same as here myth is play a vital role as a something lawful. I read somewhere that women are regarded as a land of fertility because everyone is born her. In the Bible myth of adam and Eve also connected here. Human being spread through women. In Greek mythology famous myth of pagan primordial goddess and Oedipus. Both are something known are the first god and goddess born from the void of chaos. The primordial deities Gaia and Uranus give birth to the Titans and the cyclopses.
5.What do you understand by the German term 'Künstlerroman'? How can you justify that 'To The Lighthouse' is 'Künstlerroman' novel?
It's a germans literary. 'Kunst' means that something artistry. Here i can find that one text but different way interpretation. It means that the growth of an artist. Maybe i can say that physically and artistically growth too. The cassic example is James Joyce's portrait of the artist as a young man (1916). It's the autobiographical novel in the " To the lighthouse " one character as a poet Augustus Carmichael was struggle to write poem but at the end of novel he obtained from insight. Same way happening with lily briscoe who struggling for completed pairing with particular vision but at the end of the novel she completed her painting with perception. So that maybe I connect kunstlerroman with the maturity of all the characters. Here i have to say Virginia Woolf connected herself with Lily briscoe because woolf has ability although she faced lot of struggle to prove her self in her life.
6. Lily's Dilemma in the novel " To the Lighthouse ".
Especially Lily briscoe had difference thoughts rather than other woman characters in the novel. As we know that this novel designated biographical way by Virginia Woolf ' To the lighthouse '. In the novel she also fought for freedom who broken all rights of women. During the dialogue between mrs Ramsay and lily, one thing notifies that Lily has not needed of men for better living her life. It means that Lily's thoughts opposite in front of Mrs. Ramsay's thoughts. So that Lily did not influence or control in any way by other people but at the end of the novel, she thought about Mrs. Ramsay without variation. I have to say that indirectly she had ambition to happen the same as mrs Ramsay. What're the reasons behind becoming as Mrs. Ramsay? Why did she become Mrs. Ramsay? Because after the death of Mrs Ramsay who seen in everybody's minds.
7.You have compared the 'beginning' and the 'ending' of the novel and the film adaptation of the novel directed by Colin Gregg (you can see it again in the embedded video below this). Do you think that the novel is more poignant than the movie? If yes, do you ascribe the fact that the power of words is much greater than that of the screen / visuals?
Yes, here i found few difference between Virginia Woolf's novel and colin Gregg's movie. We know that, 'one picture says a hundred words within one second...' same happening here in the movie many scene quickly passed away as a comparison of the novel. Novel also described micro things through words but it's difficult to imagine all the things. The film had it's made easy to understand rather than novel.
8. How do you interpret the last line of the novel?
Specifically, we can't read mental image of everybody but at the end of the novel that sentences used for curiosity of reader that, what's does she want? What is vision? Here i will try to interpret according to my point of view what is vision of Lily?
" I have had my vision.... "
I saw in the movie Lily put her color brush and canvas of the painting in outside and she went to the home. Def i comprehend that she get vision from home rather than outside. She also went into own room there were loneliness. Maybe she felt freedom & victory as compared to Mrs Ramsay & Charles Tansley.
9. What does the catalogue named as 'Army and Navy' signify? What does cutting of 'Refrigerator' signify?
Literature also reflected world war through war poem and novels. Here i found the reference of word war-1 in some scene of the novel. If i am not wrong so Ramsay's elder son died during the first world wartime. So here name given to list record "Army and Navy" which officially spoke on war and social and economic order. Its delayed through character of Mrs Ramsay.
10. Why did Virginia give such prominence to the tale of the “Fisherman’s Wife”? In particular, why did she weave such a misogynist tale into the fabric of a book which so eloquently challenges received patriarchal notions about the roles and capabilities of women?
Virginia Woolf has used the fairy tale with beautifully as an analogue to Mrs Ramsay to Mrs Ramsay's dominating her husband.
11. How is India represented in To the lighthouse
In the novel Mrs Ramsay presented as an Indian ideal woman and wife. Another thing was that there were reflected patriarchal discourse through Ramsay's family. We know that india has good culture and thriving and people called that "India is country of golden sparrow " and also the valley of emerald. But truly I want to say that India has blindness in religion, education and political system. Nowadays we know that India becoming powerful and devrloper but I think India represents the same condition as "The wasteland " of T. S. Eliot.
12. Write summaries of this articles.
Mythical patterns in 'To the lighthouse ' by Joseph L. Blotner:-
According to Joseph the most useful myth for interpreting the novel is that of the primordial goddess, who is threefold in relation ti Zeus: mother (Reha), wife (Demeter) and daughter (Persephone). One of the major sources of the myth is the Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter'. Maybe be she consciously used myth in the writing. I'm the novel the myth of Oedipus and the kore whose provide framework and this novel can be explained in the term of Christian myth. Sigmund Freud's interpretation of Oedipus myth is almost as famous as the myth itself. In the novel jsmes jealousy and feelings of rivalry with his father are intensified by his perhaps unconscious knowledge of the sexual aspects of the relationship between his parents. As Mrs Ramsay gives love, stability and fruitfulness to her family and those in her orbit.
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