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About the author :- Virginia Woolf
She is a very famous writer in English language. She also feminist writer. Adeline Virginia Woolf was born in 25 January 1882 and died on 28 March 1941. She is an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist writer in 20 th century. She is also a pioneer int the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf become one of the Central subjects of the 1970s movement of feminist criticism and her works have since garnered much attention and widespread commentary for " inspiring feminism".
1) How can you explain that ' waht Virginia Woolf wanted to say ( for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everything 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.
Ans :- yes, very appropriately Woolf used complexity in human relationship like the mr, Ramsay and Mrs, Ramsay. This kind of relationship we can find in everyone's relation in artist's life like in the novel Lilly struggle a lot and also we can find similar in our time also that many artist like filmmaker writer, cartoonist, painters also beaten by public and Power or patriarchy. If we read biographically then we can come to know that Virginia Woolf used this technique to prove that woman also can write and paint better than men. So, we can say that she represents good psyche and their relation, and these type of sensitive or social problems women writers or film shows well in many movies also, for exa. Lipstick under my burkha " script writer as he all a Kartika sharivastam.
2)Do you agree: "The novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay"? Can we read Mrs. Ramsay in the context of the idea of ideal Indian Woman - Karyeshu dasi, Karaneshu manthri; Bhojeshu mata, Shayaneshu rambha; Kshamayeshu dharithri, Roopeshu lakshmi; Satkarma yukta, Kuladharma patni.
Ans :- The novel is both the tribute and critique as per my perspective Mrs Ramsay we know that she comes out as there was article of faith that ' woman can't write and paint'. She emerges as well cared mother and self sacrifice women Woolf gives more importance on her character of lily Briacoe. On the center part of the novel, Mrs,Ramsay dies but she remains alive into the heart of the readers.
3) Considering symbolically, does the Lighthouse stand for Mrs. Ramsay or the narrator(Virginia Woolf herself who is categorically represented by Lily)? 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.
Ans :- yes I think at some extent lighthouse is symbolically stand for Mrs. Ramsay. We can interpret the symbol of lighthouse with Mrs. Ramsay who is the center in the novel and direction given to the family like lighthouse gives the way to the bashed people, about the narrator, with biographically context, we can say that Virginia's character is more presented in lily's character and her dilcmma is Virginia Woolf's own mental dilemma. So she is connected with lily throughout the novel.
4) In the article by Joseph Blonter, 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?
Ans :- in the present novel woolf used two myths one is pagan myth in which Woolf connected Mrs, Ramsay with rhea who had similar numbers of children like Mrs, Ramsay and laso a well nurtured woman and with demeter an important characteristics of Mrs, Ramsay in her demeter aspect is her complete femininity as demeter was worshiped more by me than women like Ramsay who respected more men than women. To the lighthouse is based on Greek myth. In this novel Woolf use various myth Joseph Blotner has also use the famous myth the of knows and Rhe is relation between father and mother knows had children.
5) What do you understand by the German term "Kunstlerroman"? How can you justify that 'To the light House' is 'Kunstlerroman' novel?
Ans :- The German term " kunstlerroman" means development or a struggle of an artist as in ' To The Lighthouse' lily's and carmichael characters the novel itself is a struggle of an artist. Here we find two artist growth. Beginning of the novel we see that lily was started to her painting and the middle of the novel we find that she left her painting and the end of the novel we find that she complete her novel so here we find that she complete her novel so here we find that artists growth in mind means through her all long period she continuously thinking about her painting.
6) Explain Lily's dilemma in 'To the light house'
Ans :- This above lines remark that.. Being mother is celebrated as a wonderful in tradition but in this above discourse there is a full of agony and pain. At last mothering is a very bad idea, Prue is the examples women who believed in sacrificing and obedience of patriarchal world, who are ready to be ruled over her by patriarchal beliefs and society. Lily's dilemma presents this, she has very strong rejection about patriarchal beliefs and throughout the novel.
7) You have compared the beginning and the ending of the novel and the film adaptation of the novel directed by Colin Gregg. 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/visual?
Ans :- Both the beginning and ending of novel and movie are different. In novel we are wandering by the mind of the characters, while movie is giving introduction to all. When we read the beginning of the novel it has effective start like we enter in the mind of characters one by one and in the film it has differently begun with the introduction of the characters. Both are effective but we can say that novel has long narration of Lily's dilemma and her vision.
8) How do you interpret the last line of the novel - It was done it was finished
Ans :- last line of the novel can be interested with two ways first, ' it is completed...' means now, she proved to patriarchal world that women can paint, 'women can write ' and second, she completed Mrs. Ramsay's painting and found her vision means her mental confusion or dilemma about Mrs. Ramsay’s character is clear. She also might want live that life so, that can be her vision Going inside the room, leaving brush somewhere, and on bed saying Briscoe, you are a fool suggests that Mrs. Ramsay was right mow she has her vision.
9) What does the catalog named as 'Army and Navy' signify? What does cutting 'Refrigerator signify?
Ans :- The catalogue named " Army and Navy" signifies by its name that war and consumerism. Both are connected. Virginia Woolf her may tries to criticize capitalism during her time. The refrigerator in that catalogue, which first is a Symbol modernisam and accepting new technology. In the novel Mrs. Ramsay is traditional housewife, guiding James while cutting refrigerator suggests that she wants other to preserve culture. For instance she suggest lily to marry.
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 role and capabilities of women?
And :- by giving place to the story like " Fisherman and his wife" we can see that Virginia Woolf is trying to criticize here the way women is portrayed in the story. She also wants to criticize the women who thinks these types of stereotyping real and also believe in that, they themselves are like this only. Mrs. Ramsay is more successful in her Lilly Briscoe is better in her profession than Charles Tansely. Fairy tale shows the dangers of male will fulness and desire.
11) How is India represented in 'To the light house'
And :- The people from west have different lense to look towards the India. In " To the Lighthouse" also there are many reference of India but all are different. At some place India to west world is like a land which is unknown to them and far away from them,so they don't have any direct connection with Indian. The jewels of India is own by western people with proud of possessing it. At some place it also becomes the land of desire great romance, adventure and happiness. So when Augustus Carmichael is going to India is considered as some kind of achievement. A also show it also refers that it is ruled by men folk. So these are the different ways in which India is represented in " To the Lighthouse".
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