here is my answers;
1)May be Woolf wanted to say about 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. With the help of any work writer always reflects reality of society Woolf also tried to reflect her pain and suffering with the help of To The Lighthouse, because at the age of six she was abused by her half brother it reflects complexity of human relationship because characters of the novel are based on her own parents and siblings. Another main thing that her work belongs to Bloomsbury group means for upper class society Woolf wrote novel while First World War time that time people believe that female artist can’t wrote it reflects mentality of society may be Woolf against this idea.
Narrative technique of the novel is Stream of Consciousness, in this we are shown narrator moves one consciousness to another. In the first section “The Window” in that first narrator talk about child means James and then narrator’s perspective moves to Mrs. Ramsay, it s feature of this technique. Yes it is obviously help to what she experienced in the society.
2)Yes novel is both the tribute and critique for Mrs. Ramsay or narrator. Article by Andre Viola Fluidity vs. Muscularity Lily’s dilemma in Woolf’s To The Lighthouse; in that we defined symbols. Lily Briscoe is painter and she begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay at the beginning of the novel but has trouble to finishing it and at the end she successfully done it and that time she said that
“I have had my vision” there are two activities going on; one side Lily’s painting is over and on the other side James and his father and sister reached to the lighthouse means sentence spoken by Lily have two meaning one is reaching to the lighthouse and another is Lily’s painting. And painting itself is reflection of Mrs. Ramsay’s character. The process of painting shows Lily’s dilemma; because like Mrs. Ramsay Lily is plagued by fear.
3)The novel devided into three chapters and each chapter is symbol of something. The title of the novel itself is symbolic. Here Mrs. Ramsay is the central focus of the beginning of the novel and at the middle it moves Mrs. Ramsay to Lily at the end. So we can say that major action goes to female character. “The Window” is female phallic symbol & “The Lighthouse” is male phallic symbol. But we can say that lighthouse stands for Mrs. Ramsay because major action and centre of the novel is Mrs. Ramsay James also loves his mother not his father another characters also attracts toward Mrs. Ramsay. Lighthouse is a symbol for the spiritual strength and emotional guidance and Mrs. Ramsay’s character is like this. Second 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; yes narrator or author cannot fully disappear from the novel.
Here we are shown Lily’s painting symbolizes women’s struggle in patriarchal society against man’s belief that “women can’s paint or write” we can say that one hand Lily’s prove that she can paint and on the other hand Woolf also prove that she can write. So Woolf herself presented in the novel and character of Lily is representation of her sister.
5) The German term kunstlerroman means ‘artist’s novel’. Kunstle means artist and Roman is German word is a narrative about an artist’s growth to maturity. We can say that To The Lighthouse is also kunstlerroman novel because here Virginia Woolf also describe journey of characters especially James, Rose, Nancy, Cam etc; their journey childhood to maturity. The term is much related with James character because when the novel starts James was youngest than all beginning of the novel James was six year old and his request to go to the lighthouse was denied by his father after 10 years later James finally makes the journey with his father that time he has grown, young man who was mature enough so it is also one type of journey from childhood to maturity. Like James Cam and Rose also growing up into the novel.
7) Movie is very much related to the novel but at some extent novel is more poignant than the movie because Woolf describe many dialogues are an effective way.
For example: Beginning of the novel is like these; “Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs. Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” Narrator narrates story from mother’s perspective. Here I gave some lines to the original work;
Her tribute took that form if, as she vaguely supposed, a picture must be a tribute.
Chpter:11- No, she thought, putting together some of the pictures he had cut out— a refrigerator, a mowing machine, a gentleman in evening dress— children never forget. For this reason, it was so important what one said, and what one did, and it was a relief when they went to bed. For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of—to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others. Although she continued to knit, and sat upright, it was thus that she felt herself; and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures. When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless.
Whole paragraph shows us to Lily’s thinking process and routine work of Mrs. Ramsay. So many situations going on in between its also poisonous than movie.
At the end- “They will have landed,” and she felt that she had been right. They had not needed to speak. They had been thinking the same things and he had answered her without her asking him anything.
Quickly, as if she were recalled by something over there, she turned to her canvas. There it was—her picture. Yes, with all its greens and blues, its lines running up and across, its attempt at something. That all situations are affect reader while seeing movie that feelings may not be came out..
8) 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 female’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.
These are my interpretation about the question I tried to answer as per my understanding. Thank you…
1)May be Woolf wanted to say about 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. With the help of any work writer always reflects reality of society Woolf also tried to reflect her pain and suffering with the help of To The Lighthouse, because at the age of six she was abused by her half brother it reflects complexity of human relationship because characters of the novel are based on her own parents and siblings. Another main thing that her work belongs to Bloomsbury group means for upper class society Woolf wrote novel while First World War time that time people believe that female artist can’t wrote it reflects mentality of society may be Woolf against this idea.
Narrative technique of the novel is Stream of Consciousness, in this we are shown narrator moves one consciousness to another. In the first section “The Window” in that first narrator talk about child means James and then narrator’s perspective moves to Mrs. Ramsay, it s feature of this technique. Yes it is obviously help to what she experienced in the society.
2)Yes novel is both the tribute and critique for Mrs. Ramsay or narrator. Article by Andre Viola Fluidity vs. Muscularity Lily’s dilemma in Woolf’s To The Lighthouse; in that we defined symbols. Lily Briscoe is painter and she begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay at the beginning of the novel but has trouble to finishing it and at the end she successfully done it and that time she said that
“I have had my vision” there are two activities going on; one side Lily’s painting is over and on the other side James and his father and sister reached to the lighthouse means sentence spoken by Lily have two meaning one is reaching to the lighthouse and another is Lily’s painting. And painting itself is reflection of Mrs. Ramsay’s character. The process of painting shows Lily’s dilemma; because like Mrs. Ramsay Lily is plagued by fear.
3)The novel devided into three chapters and each chapter is symbol of something. The title of the novel itself is symbolic. Here Mrs. Ramsay is the central focus of the beginning of the novel and at the middle it moves Mrs. Ramsay to Lily at the end. So we can say that major action goes to female character. “The Window” is female phallic symbol & “The Lighthouse” is male phallic symbol. But we can say that lighthouse stands for Mrs. Ramsay because major action and centre of the novel is Mrs. Ramsay James also loves his mother not his father another characters also attracts toward Mrs. Ramsay. Lighthouse is a symbol for the spiritual strength and emotional guidance and Mrs. Ramsay’s character is like this. Second 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; yes narrator or author cannot fully disappear from the novel.
Here we are shown Lily’s painting symbolizes women’s struggle in patriarchal society against man’s belief that “women can’s paint or write” we can say that one hand Lily’s prove that she can paint and on the other hand Woolf also prove that she can write. So Woolf herself presented in the novel and character of Lily is representation of her sister.
5) The German term kunstlerroman means ‘artist’s novel’. Kunstle means artist and Roman is German word is a narrative about an artist’s growth to maturity. We can say that To The Lighthouse is also kunstlerroman novel because here Virginia Woolf also describe journey of characters especially James, Rose, Nancy, Cam etc; their journey childhood to maturity. The term is much related with James character because when the novel starts James was youngest than all beginning of the novel James was six year old and his request to go to the lighthouse was denied by his father after 10 years later James finally makes the journey with his father that time he has grown, young man who was mature enough so it is also one type of journey from childhood to maturity. Like James Cam and Rose also growing up into the novel.
7) Movie is very much related to the novel but at some extent novel is more poignant than the movie because Woolf describe many dialogues are an effective way.
For example: Beginning of the novel is like these; “Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs. Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” Narrator narrates story from mother’s perspective. Here I gave some lines to the original work;
Her tribute took that form if, as she vaguely supposed, a picture must be a tribute.
Chpter:11- No, she thought, putting together some of the pictures he had cut out— a refrigerator, a mowing machine, a gentleman in evening dress— children never forget. For this reason, it was so important what one said, and what one did, and it was a relief when they went to bed. For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of—to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others. Although she continued to knit, and sat upright, it was thus that she felt herself; and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures. When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless.
Whole paragraph shows us to Lily’s thinking process and routine work of Mrs. Ramsay. So many situations going on in between its also poisonous than movie.
At the end- “They will have landed,” and she felt that she had been right. They had not needed to speak. They had been thinking the same things and he had answered her without her asking him anything.
Quickly, as if she were recalled by something over there, she turned to her canvas. There it was—her picture. Yes, with all its greens and blues, its lines running up and across, its attempt at something. That all situations are affect reader while seeing movie that feelings may not be came out..
8) 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 female’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.
These are my interpretation about the question I tried to answer as per my understanding. Thank you…
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