Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection. Cited as a key example of the stream-of-consciousness literary technique, the novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls childhood emotions and highlights adult relationships.
1. Here Virginia Woolf put her ideas about human relationship with the help of features of stream of consciousness technique in that she gives different styles like interior monologue , struggle of people in society , their minds and moods etc. Virginia wrote this novel as a part of her life , she also felt like this what and she can understand these feelings very well. To the lighthouse is a novel of " journey of emotions ",complexity of thoughts also. Here she wanted to say about healthy relations which she lost in her life as it happened with Mr and Mrs. Ramsay.
2. Yes , Mrs. Ramsay is a good wife and good mother. According to Virginia Mrs. Ramsay is drawn as a loving and responsible woman in that novel. She always cares about her family members. Though she has eight children but she always behaved very calmly. Her role is in the center of this novel which is attached by all the family members including Lily also. Mrs. Ramsay is dutiful and she has an ability to live with her selfish husband happily. So as a housewife and according to her character the novel critique and tribute her.
3. Here in the novel there are many symbols but two main are regarding Lily and Mrs. Ramsay. As per the novel and symbolism Lighthouse more stand for Lily , because Lily has more struggle than Mrs. Ramsay. As we can say that family problem is not so painful rather than social problem. Mrs. Ramsay as a good housewife has only struggle with her husband but Lily has to bear the different critical ideas of society specially regarding her painting.
4. Two myths are there :- Oedipus myth and Pagan myth.
In to the light house both myths are useful in interpreting the novel as a symbol of window and lighthouse. A we know from window we can get freshness and feeling free in our life. Lighthouse gives light and saves people during st roam. Both symbols represents male and female according to their duty in society.
5. To the lighthouse is “ Kunstlerroman “ novel by Virginia Woolf. Kunstlerroman mean a novel of an artist. Artist’s novel also called. In that Lily shows her are of painting. An artists have their own personality due to his/her art. But here Lily is marginalized by people because at that time people thought that women couldn't be a painter. So that here Lily’s god gifted quality made her to do struggle with the society and make herself proved. Lily also proved herself. So that To the lighthouse is also Kunstlerroman novel.
6. Last line shows satisfaction of novel as the end of Lily’s confusion and novel also. Its end is not clear but the confusion of Lily regarding Mrs. Ramsay is almost clear.
I have had my vision. Means now Lily understood that nobody can be like others. She is right on her place and she will never be like Mrs. Ramsay.
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