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Virginia Woolf was born in 1882 in London.
She was not given a formal education
 Virginia’s mother died when she was
thirteen. This caused the first of several
mental breakdowns
Virginia Woolf started to work as a tutor at
Morley College in 1904 and wrote reviews for
some books.
Her reviews were published in the “Times
Literary Supplement”.
In 1905 she started meeting friends to
discuss literary and artistic topics.
Virginia Woolf also became a member of the
People’s Suffrage Federation and of the
Women’s Co-operative Guild. In 1912, Virginia
married Leonard Woolf who was a writer.
One year later, Virginia suffered a deep
mental break down. Her husband helped her
to live through it.
VIRGINIA WOOLF
 Both Virginia and her husband were
very interested in literature. Together
they founded the Hogarth Press in 1917.
 In 1927 composed “To the Lighthouse”
 Virginia Woolf battled depression.
 On March 28, 1941 she committed
suicide by drowning herself; she was
tormented by sound of grenades of
First World War. In her life she had
published over 500 essays and about
ten novels. Virginia Woolf did not use
the traditional writing styles of her time.
During her lifetime, Virginia had
become a leader in the modernist
literary movement.
To the lighthouse by Woolf
To the lighthouse by Woolf
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE: PLOT
 “To the lighthouse” does not have a traditional
plot but consists of a series of experiences,
memories, emotions and feelings explaned by
symbols. This novel is divided into three
sections:
1. The window, which takes place during a
summer afternoon and evening in a summer
home on the Isle of Skye in Hebrides;
2. Time Passes, which covers about ten years;
3. The Lighthouse, which lasts only one day.
THE WINDOW
 Mr and Mrs Ramsay pass their holiday with their
eight children: Cam, James, Prue, Andrew, Nancy
Roger Rose Jasper, at the house by the sea.
James, the younger son, wants disperately to go to
the Lighthouse, but his father say that the next day
it would be a storm.
 There are a lot of guests and Mrs Ramsay
addresses them with respect and deferance : the
botanist William Bankes, the poet Augustus
Carmichael, a phylosopher Charles Transley, the
painter Lily Briscoe and two lovers Minta Doyle and
Paul Rayley.
 That evening Ramsay family has a dinner party,
and this is a perfect situauion in wich, each
character thinks to his situation.
 After the dinner Mr Ramsay says “I love you” to
his wife, but she isn’t capable to answer him.
Time
Passes
In Time Passes
the children
grow up, war
brokes out, Mrs
Ramsay dies
suddenly one
night. Her eldest
son, Andrew is
killed in battle by
a grenade, and
her daughter
Prue dies too
after only a year
of marriage.
The summerhouse
falls into a state of
decay for ten
years until the
family comes
back.
Mrs McNab, the
housekeeper,
tries to set the
house in order
before Lily
Briscoe returns.
The Lighthouse
In The Lighthouse Memory is the most important
character. Mr Ramsay decides to go to the
lighthouse with his two children James and Cam,
and this experience is a moment of connection for
them. Lily succeeds in finishing her painting,
achieving her vision.
Mrs
Ramsay
vs
Lily
Briscoe
Mrs Ramsay
•Mrs Ramsay is a beautiful
woman and a loving wife.
•She shows kindness and
tolerance to her guests even if
they do not appreciate her
politeness.
•The image of Queen Victoria
in relation to Mrs. Ramsay is
recurrent and reflects the ideal
domestic angel of the Victorian
Age.
•Mrs. Ramsay plays this role of
the ideal domesticated female
very well, especially as
hostess during a dinner party .
Lily Briscoe rejects the
conventional image of
the woman represented
by Mrs Ramsay, but she
is very shocked when
Charles Transley
supports the idea that
women can neither paint
or write. She doesn’t
want marry, but she
menages to put into
practice Mrs Ramsay
teaching. Mrs Ramsay
represents an example of
life for her, so when she
completes her painting
THEMES
The most important themes of this novel are:
 LOSS: Minta loses her brooch on the beach,
Ramsay family loses some of its
members
 ART: Also women can do Art
 TRANSIENCE: Nothing lasts, but Mrs
Ramsay doesn’t want that her children grow
up
 SEARCH: For God and for the true meaning
The Use of Colours
 WHITE: The absence of colours symbolizes
the uncolourfuf meaning of science and
astract thought.
 RED and BROWN: appeare to be colours of
egotism.
 BLUE and GREEN: are the colours of
impersonality
 YELLOW: purity of everything and logical
mental activity.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES
 Her visits with her parents and family to St Ives,
Cornwall, where her father rented a house, were
perhaps the happiest times of Woolf's life, but when
she was thirteen her mother died and, like Mrs
Ramsay.
 Woolf's sister, Vanessa, wrote that reading the
sections of the novel that describe Mrs Ramsay
was like seeing her mother raised from the dead.
 Their brother Adrian was not allowed to go on an
expedition to Godrevy Lighthouse, just as in the
novel James looks forward to visiting the
lighthouse and is disappointed when the trip is
cancelled.
 Lily Briscoe's meditations on painting are a way for
Woolf to explore her own creative process
THE MODERN NOVEL
The modern novel is characterised by:
 The new concept of TIME: It was introduced by
Bergson (who made the difference between
historical and psychological time) and James. In
this case time was not seen as a cronological
order of events, because also our thoughts have
illogical connections in the mind.
 The new theory of unconscious deriving from the
Freudian influence: the novelist rejected
omniscient narration. The analysis of character’s
inner was influenced by the simultaneous
existence of different levels of consciousness
and sub-consciousness.
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 The stream of consciousness technique or
interior monologue was introduced to
describe the flow of thoughts, sensations,
memories in a flux of words, ideas and
images similar to the mind’s activity.
 It’s the attempt to the describe the nature of
mental life “from within”

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To the lighthouse by Woolf

  • 1. Virginia Woolf was born in 1882 in London. She was not given a formal education  Virginia’s mother died when she was thirteen. This caused the first of several mental breakdowns Virginia Woolf started to work as a tutor at Morley College in 1904 and wrote reviews for some books. Her reviews were published in the “Times Literary Supplement”. In 1905 she started meeting friends to discuss literary and artistic topics. Virginia Woolf also became a member of the People’s Suffrage Federation and of the Women’s Co-operative Guild. In 1912, Virginia married Leonard Woolf who was a writer. One year later, Virginia suffered a deep mental break down. Her husband helped her to live through it. VIRGINIA WOOLF
  • 2.  Both Virginia and her husband were very interested in literature. Together they founded the Hogarth Press in 1917.  In 1927 composed “To the Lighthouse”  Virginia Woolf battled depression.  On March 28, 1941 she committed suicide by drowning herself; she was tormented by sound of grenades of First World War. In her life she had published over 500 essays and about ten novels. Virginia Woolf did not use the traditional writing styles of her time. During her lifetime, Virginia had become a leader in the modernist literary movement.
  • 5. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE: PLOT  “To the lighthouse” does not have a traditional plot but consists of a series of experiences, memories, emotions and feelings explaned by symbols. This novel is divided into three sections: 1. The window, which takes place during a summer afternoon and evening in a summer home on the Isle of Skye in Hebrides; 2. Time Passes, which covers about ten years; 3. The Lighthouse, which lasts only one day.
  • 7.  Mr and Mrs Ramsay pass their holiday with their eight children: Cam, James, Prue, Andrew, Nancy Roger Rose Jasper, at the house by the sea. James, the younger son, wants disperately to go to the Lighthouse, but his father say that the next day it would be a storm.  There are a lot of guests and Mrs Ramsay addresses them with respect and deferance : the botanist William Bankes, the poet Augustus Carmichael, a phylosopher Charles Transley, the painter Lily Briscoe and two lovers Minta Doyle and Paul Rayley.
  • 8.  That evening Ramsay family has a dinner party, and this is a perfect situauion in wich, each character thinks to his situation.  After the dinner Mr Ramsay says “I love you” to his wife, but she isn’t capable to answer him.
  • 10. In Time Passes the children grow up, war brokes out, Mrs Ramsay dies suddenly one night. Her eldest son, Andrew is killed in battle by a grenade, and her daughter Prue dies too after only a year of marriage.
  • 11. The summerhouse falls into a state of decay for ten years until the family comes back. Mrs McNab, the housekeeper, tries to set the house in order before Lily Briscoe returns.
  • 13. In The Lighthouse Memory is the most important character. Mr Ramsay decides to go to the lighthouse with his two children James and Cam, and this experience is a moment of connection for them. Lily succeeds in finishing her painting, achieving her vision.
  • 15. Mrs Ramsay •Mrs Ramsay is a beautiful woman and a loving wife. •She shows kindness and tolerance to her guests even if they do not appreciate her politeness. •The image of Queen Victoria in relation to Mrs. Ramsay is recurrent and reflects the ideal domestic angel of the Victorian Age. •Mrs. Ramsay plays this role of the ideal domesticated female very well, especially as hostess during a dinner party .
  • 16. Lily Briscoe rejects the conventional image of the woman represented by Mrs Ramsay, but she is very shocked when Charles Transley supports the idea that women can neither paint or write. She doesn’t want marry, but she menages to put into practice Mrs Ramsay teaching. Mrs Ramsay represents an example of life for her, so when she completes her painting
  • 17. THEMES The most important themes of this novel are:  LOSS: Minta loses her brooch on the beach, Ramsay family loses some of its members  ART: Also women can do Art  TRANSIENCE: Nothing lasts, but Mrs Ramsay doesn’t want that her children grow up  SEARCH: For God and for the true meaning
  • 18. The Use of Colours
  • 19.  WHITE: The absence of colours symbolizes the uncolourfuf meaning of science and astract thought.  RED and BROWN: appeare to be colours of egotism.  BLUE and GREEN: are the colours of impersonality  YELLOW: purity of everything and logical mental activity.
  • 21.  Her visits with her parents and family to St Ives, Cornwall, where her father rented a house, were perhaps the happiest times of Woolf's life, but when she was thirteen her mother died and, like Mrs Ramsay.  Woolf's sister, Vanessa, wrote that reading the sections of the novel that describe Mrs Ramsay was like seeing her mother raised from the dead.  Their brother Adrian was not allowed to go on an expedition to Godrevy Lighthouse, just as in the novel James looks forward to visiting the lighthouse and is disappointed when the trip is cancelled.  Lily Briscoe's meditations on painting are a way for Woolf to explore her own creative process
  • 22. THE MODERN NOVEL The modern novel is characterised by:  The new concept of TIME: It was introduced by Bergson (who made the difference between historical and psychological time) and James. In this case time was not seen as a cronological order of events, because also our thoughts have illogical connections in the mind.  The new theory of unconscious deriving from the Freudian influence: the novelist rejected omniscient narration. The analysis of character’s inner was influenced by the simultaneous existence of different levels of consciousness and sub-consciousness.
  • 23. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS  The stream of consciousness technique or interior monologue was introduced to describe the flow of thoughts, sensations, memories in a flux of words, ideas and images similar to the mind’s activity.  It’s the attempt to the describe the nature of mental life “from within”