To The Lighthouse.

11) Virgina Woolf uses stream of consciousness as a technique in the novel. She uses it because it is the only way that she can see her suffering by depicting same character in the novel and it helps her to give satisfaction that she want. She proves that women can write and paint which is prohibited during her time by depicting character like Mrs Ramsay and Lily Briscoe. For Mrs Ramsay cooking and hosting people are passion that she has deep craving that it helps her to become immortal. And for Lily Briscoe art preserves the time and she thinks that it gives permanent place in the world. Craving is same but the paths are different. One is the subjective nature of reality and another is the restorative effects of beauty. As we know that there is no story in the novel but, in what human relation based on that we find in the novel. Character are in dilemma that what is right and wrong, what they chooses are appropriate or not.? And it creates conflicts the relationship. The common struggle that each character face is to bring the meaning of life from the chaos. Meaning is also different that we find through example of waves in the ocean that for Mrs Ramsay life repeatedly goes on and on. On the other side Lily find rhythm in the waves. It suggest that everything has transience in the life meet its end at last.    

5) the German term ‘kunstlerroman’  it describes struggle or development of an artist or its rejection of boredom life. Here in the novel same thing we find in the character of Lily Briscoe that she has to struggle a lot as an artist. Throughout the novel we feel that she is in the process to complete the picture and at last she got her vision. we can say that the novel itself is struggle for Virginia Woolf that to establish her work among male writer. And it reflects well in the character’s life. if we look at character of Mrs. Ramsay that she is also struggles a lot to make her life immortal by serving guests or pampering children or by doing match making.  

7) Yes, I do agree with the statement that “the power of words is much greater than that of the visuals.” But here in the novel the thing is different because the narrative technique that woolf uses in the novel, ‘To The Lighthouse’ is stream of consciousness. This technique is not representing conscious thought but it is based on psychological theory that human minds are made up with so many layers. The best example of it is the text that while reading it we can feel that so many things goes parallel that is flow of sensation, thoughts, memories, associations, and reflections. Though we read actual text but the lack of harmony we find in the novel. And in this case screen helps us to understand the actual scene in the novel that I could not understand while reading the text. One thing I find that in the novel ends abruptly and in the movie director tries to add some more things that Lily goes into her room after completing her picture. That end arouses another question among audience that what’s going on in the mind of Lily Briscoe when she is lying in the bed.

8) Lily Briscoe said, “It was done, it was finished, I have had my vision.” According to me these line suggest the fulfillment of unknown desire that everyone seeks throughout the novel. Every character has some desire that fulfill at last.  As time passes everyone lost their desire and in the end they all got their vision.  If we take an example of James life that the carving to go to the lighthouse is not there when he is on the Lighthouse. But suddenly when Mr Ramsay says that, “good job James.” It works likes a magical word for him. Lily  can’t complete the picture but at last she got her vision to complete it by drew one single line. And understand the reality that sometime we fail to connect the single line that fill up the gap between some broken relations. Once Lily thought of her painting and her spirit that soared above the superficialities of human relations that she thinks that, “such vast spaces between people came when certain solidity vanished.” It is not possible when Mrs Ramsay is alive.  The blunder is happening in between character is because of Mrs Ramsay’s desire for selfhood. When Lily completes the picture by giving it final stroke and goes into her room and speaks, “ Close Doors, Open Windows.”  symbolically suggest that open window is stand for looking outside through it but we cannot get in through it. and on the other side close Door means it isn’t allow anyone to come and gave chance to create  disturbance in your life. but at last she herself says that you are a fool means she also accept the way that she dislike.