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This 5 page paper is an analytical essay about the novel “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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novel. Discussion The first thing any reader notes is the title, which can be seen as highly symbolic. Although the lighthouse of the title is an actual building, lighthouses are
also symbols of safety; they are havens of safety in bad weather, and we can see that symbolism here to an extent, because the Ramsay family is troubled. Of course
all families can be characterized as being troubled, but Woolfs close examination of the Ramsays reveals undercurrents and rivalries that run deep. The novel isnt an action/adventure tale, quest, detective
story or other familiar genre. It is a psychological work, a close examination of the members of a family and their relationships with each other. Woolf begins with a moment,
and a truth, that few writers have dared to explore: the momentary hatred of a child for a parent who seems unjust. The very first line of the book is
a promise: "Yes, of course, if its fine tomorrow, said Mrs. Ramsay. But youll have to be up with the lark, she added" (Woolf). This is a conversation between Mrs.
Ramsay and her son James, six years old. In a remarkable paragraph, Woolf conveys the intensity of longing common to children of that age: "To her son these words conveyed
an extraordinary joy, as if it were settled, the expedition were bound to take place, and the wonder to which he had looked forward, for years and years it seemed,
was, after a nights darkness and a days sail, within touch" (Woolf). That happiness - the happiness of the promised expedition to the lighthouse - infuses the boys very being;
even the mundane objects hes playing with are suddenly endowed with "heavenly bliss" and "fringed with joy" (Woolf). Everyday objects are suddenly so vividly alive ("so coloured and distinguished in
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