papar 9 symbolism in " to the lighthouse
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Name :- Dodiya Asha B
Semester :- 3
Class:- M.A part 2
Paper name :- The Modernist Literature
Paper no :- 9
Topic :-Symbolism in " To The Lighthouse
Roll no :-10
Email id :- [email protected]
Submitted to :- SMT S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU.
Introdution To TheLighthouse
This novel is published on 5th may 1927.
The novel is landmark of high modernism .
To The lighthouse , Virginia Woolf used the language of psychoanalysis.
Reader can find stream of consciousness during reading the novel.
The novel divided into three parts .
The window
Time passes
The Lighthouse
What is symbolism?
Symbols are objects ,characters, figures , or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.
In the broadest sense a symbol is anything which signifies something in this sense all words are symbols.
Symbolism in " To The Lighthouse"
Lily's painting
Ramsay's summer House
Rose's arrangement of the grapes and pears
The sea,the storms, the rock ,reefs and shallow water
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To The Lighthouse
The lighthouse
It stands alone and tall in both light and darkness and it , along with its beacon, is a focal point which symbolizes strength, guidance and safe harbor; it spiritual hermit guiding all those who are traveling by sea.
Metaphorically , as the element of water represents the emotions, the lighthouse is a symbol for the spiritual strength and emotional Guidance which is available to us duringth the times we feel we are being helplessly tossed around in a sea of inner turmoil.
Lily painting
Symbolizes women's struggle in patriarchal society.
Against gender conversation " women can't paint or write".
Desire to express critique of Mrs .Ramsay's essence in the painting.
Ramsay 's Summer House
The physical condition of the house represents psychological condition of the characters.
During her dinner party, Mrs .Ramsay sees her house display her own inner notions of shabbiness and inability to preserve beauty.
In the " Time passes" section, the ravages of war and destruction and the passage of time are reflected in the condition of the house rather than in the emotional development or observable aging of the characters.
Rose's arrangements of the grapes and pears
Rose arranges a fruit basket for mother 's dinner party that serves to draw the party goers out of their private suffering and unite them.The basket testifies both to the "frozen" quality of beauty that Lily describes and to beauty's seductive and soothing quality.Symbolizes Mrs. Ramsay desire to make her daughters like her........
The sea
It represnt forward Movement of life
The sea is a powerful reminder of the impermanece and delicacy of Human life and accomplishment.
The Storms
Storms consist of both wind and rain .
And as air is the element representing the mind , and water is the element representing the emotions , storms symbolize agitated thoughts and emotions.
The Rocks
The rocks , reefs and shallow waters sybolize the final dangers and miseries which seem to accompany the end of any turbulent voyage.
This is the point when we feel like tossing up our hands and giving up.