BALAJI RANGNATHAN GUEST LECTURE

 

Postcolonial literature 

We have virtual  guest lecture by  Prof.Balaji Ranganathan.sir on the Postcolonial studies where,  We have learnt so many essential and important things about Postcolonial literature by Prof.Balaji Ranganathan. He had done a very good studies in Comparative studies, Psychoanalytic studies etc.

 It  was organized by our Honorable head of  English department prof, Dilip Barad sir. corona pandemic has spared a lot all around so physical classes  or gatherings may not have been possible today's time but learning and teaching can run thought technology, following the Shakespearean  idea of  

" SHOW MUST GO ON" 

Day-1

- Black Skin, White Mask: Frantz Fanon (1952)

At the very beginning of the session or a lecture he throw some light on the different binaries between the colonialism and postcolonialism.  

where he talked  about colonialism and postcolonialism are itself is opposite things and it includes two main factors like he referred Ania Loomba's book 

"A settlement in a new country a body of people who set up in a new locality forming a community subject to 200 connected with their parent state the community is so formed consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors, as long as connection with the parent state it kept up"

-Ania loomba colonial and postcolonialism

Anya lumbers view about colonialism and postcolonialism.

colonialism is a physical occupation of territory and post colonialism deals with effect of colonisation on culture and societies. 

Imperialism: The Oxford dictionary defines imperial as pertinent to empire and imperialism as a rule and an emperor especially when despotic and arbitrary. This word is coined by British prime Minister Benjamin.

Imperialism: it is a set of norms and laws disconnected with colonialism.

Post-coloniality: it is a mental condition which uniform of discourses. 

Regarding this mention statement he added some historical contributors in his speech such as Edward said, Homi k Bhabha gaytri spiwak, Ranjit guava they were The scholars of colonial studies. They made a remarkable contribution in the concept of  

"HAVE OR HAVE NOT" 

"SUBALTERN STUDIES"

For a better understanding of this aspect he presents very relevant example of early 19 century book "Empire Right Back by Bill Ashcroft" which defines postcolonial subject form at the moment of post colonial studies come to in practicality , time with creating a binary which makes huge difference like,  

Pre-independence -Colonial  

Post-independence- Postcolonial 

New writings in colonial studies creates a change in sensibility in the world. It is has no clear demarcation of time  periods, but the change the sensibility towards post colonial studies is reflect economical state of particular country.  For putting premise towards periodization Ranganathan sir connect this with Indian reference of Gandhi and he said that Gandhi's "Hind Swaraj" or Indian home rule is the text of postcolonial time.

Post-coloniality has a very problem with making anything clear towards periodization as well as it also creating the question of how to to understand what is text?

 what is text?

 Ranganathan sir made a very clear cut idea about text ,which has a methodology to show trajectories towards clear conception. 

"The text which has certain origin or certain endings too"

So some post-colonial discourses are still effect today's time just because of its certainty  of conceptions. In this way Hind Swaraj put a very relevant patriotic argument which is still relevant in today's discourses, furthermore Salman Rushdie's midnight children has very secure state about periodization such as it has a pre independence face as well as post independence face too. 

In the same way Arvind adigas The white tiger it is completely based on globalization not on postcolonial studies. So in this way all text are postcolonial, note all text are gender based , but the very idea of text since  postcolonial to today speaks a lot.

Frantz Fanon: Psychoanalysis of concept of desire:

Frantz  fanon was French writer, who always wants to understand the "FUCTIONS OF DESIRE"  As per the colonial view desire is a  concept of  "STATE OF MIND" in terms of  "MENTAL CONDITION"    as a discourse it has a subjectivity , race and color in form of desire. 

In a general context such desires will not fulfil as much as we want always in a way some how it is near to IMPOSSIBLE, because desire is born within us in a biological form, which we have to accept and need to understand how desires are function. 

It would be a subject of colonialism and post-colonialism , with consideration of universal problem. its a human attributes of understanding relationship of color, gender, human etc.

NEW HUMANISM: 

 Ranganathan sir gave glimpse of concept of love and humanism , where literary meaning of  love and humanism is about unconditional , affection, soft feelings, mercy, humanity etc.

POST-COLONIAL MEANING OF LOVE AND HUMANITY:

 "IT IS TO DIVINE NOT TO DIVIDE "

" I am Toward a new humanism....
  Understanding, among men....
  Our colored brothers....
  Mankind, I believe in you...
  Race Prejudice....
  To understand and to love..."

So, the basic question is, What is means human? Human is not who has not capacity of thinking only but reason is that Dolphin and chimpanzees also has a self consciousness. Humans are endowed with material development, language and technology. And humanism is that larger inclusive philosophy; higher state of awareness and New Humanism is free from binaries.

 BLACK SKIN WHITE MASK 

Today, we just completed initial two chapters  In this work , named

1. The Negro & Language

2. The Woman of color & The White Man

As we know that and also Ranganathan sir mentions that " LANGUAGE COMMANDS HAS A VERY POWERFUL MOTIONS OF SUPERIORITY" The very idea of language is Sherly connected with the identity of individual to gender and caste as well. 

" IN HISTORY NIGRO WANTS TO SPEACK FRENCH "

PROBLEM OF DARK (REDISH COLOR): 

 You may discourage of society over language, during the post-colonial reading the very question of WHAT MAKES YOU COLORED?  stands strongly and the hypothesis is that  it would be the CULTURE, LANGUAGE, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS, LEGACIES,RACES etc. 

Mystery of language helps to evaluate yourself about your jungle judgments or thinking, but sometimes the harsh cultural complexity creates a inferiority complex with one to another. some superior language has a very "MODERN IDEA OF BEING LESS-SAVAGE" language is a more civilized form of education will soon penetrate in culture we hope. 

 PSYCHO EXISTENCE OF BLACK AND WHITE IDEOLOGY: ( CHAP-2)

" What does a man\women want?

A question with full of subjectivity and sensitivity , we can study we can understand it personally that as well as with cultural connotations that inferiority take a place where the idea of racism is there... 

  "What does the black man\women want?"

Here, Ranganathan sir gave very good point of CASTE in post-colonial studies where caste is a discourse of marginality, completely sealed with inferiority, minority.

" The White Man is sealed in his whiteness.
  The black man in his blackness."

Race and gender is biological , true but prejudices are completely  made by social structures .caste is portages word as they are with red colored ( Latin Americans) White man are sealed with whiteness and Dark man sealed with darkness. this all are cultural social stigmas which post-colonial study might gone though it well. 

Portaguese IDEA OF CASTE: In early 18-19 century portages come up with the idea of caste , here Ranganathan sir added the many references of Hindu Varna system,

  

A Hindu caste system largely following such beliefs of varna and all, also include GUPTA periods RUGVEDA, etc. so the change of imaginary gods are constant formation of social structure just like racism. 

 DEPRESS CLASSES :   Depress classes are mainly poor lower people of society 

• COLONIAL, 
• SUBALTERNS,
• BOURGEOIS 

In this way the universal idea of humanism and equality says each and every person have same blood, same physical system to react and to survive, same mind to think and create everything good or bad ways. 

Binaries of color  consciousness : 

BLACK SKIN: May not have black heart 

WHITE SKIN : May not have white heart

ECONOMICAL IDEA OF PRIVILEGE: 

 Idea of black and white and  colonized country come up with economical idea of privileged to yourself. The mingling of business is a better cultural   example of economical privilege. economic activities is connecting with colonialism for example.

"Money connected with power and also economics of any particular person to to country is also connected with power and money so in this way economics divided into inter-realization   is connected with race which leads to inferiority complex.

 For example Gandhi faced this problem he was travelling by train and ticket cheeker throw him outside of train and said coolies can not  travel in first class, link of example given here, 

https://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhiji/35getdown.htm

2. The desire of  coloured woman & The White Man

A colored woman desired white man? 

• Biological ideas unique fermion, 
• Law of attraction
•  Margins of  civilization 

Frantz fanon, search for the universal desire of transcendent basic ideal of color race prejudice. The women of colored desire of white man. one way it is very problematic idea or dream we can say, but another way it is every common phycological condition of (mind and heart) well structured social human . 

"Psychology and biology "

The psychology of every dark colored person is to get a white it man or woman with a blue eyes brown hair, light skin it is in a way provide a sense of satisfaction.

So so a very problematic idea of oneself to imagine or to be desire of a something very superior beyond then and his or her on capacity so anything beyond the regular or ordinary circumstances this will considered as sin.

So our today's discussion of postcolonial studies virtual lecture ends with the last sentence is by Ranganathan sir that individual's psychology and biology is as different as like a ice and fire so if the psychology and biology will mixed with each other It will create a big main so keep it separate.....

So it was my basic ideas of knowledge regarding postcolonial studies and also reflective blog on today's virtual lecture by Balaji Rangnathan sir. 

THANK YOU

Edward said

Hello readers,

                          This blog is a part of my classroom activity in which students have to write on the interview of Edward Said about Orientalism. Here is the link of the given task by teacher, to see click here

Edward Said has long been considered one of the world’s most compelling public intellectuals, taking on a remarkable array of topics with his many publications. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like Power, Politics, and Culture, a collection of interviews from the last three decades.

 What is Orientalism:

  As per the Said's words,

• Orientalism is not an imagination it is material thing and genuine theory. 
• Orientalism is revolutionized the study of middle East and also useful to studies post-colonialism and other discipline like History, Anthropology, Political science and Cultural studies.

"A life of exile moves according to a different calendar, and is less seasonal and settled than life at home. Exile is life led outside habitual order. It is nomadic, decentered, contrapuntal; but no sooner does one get accustomed to it than its unsettling force erupts anew."

 -(Edward Said)

So, here Edward Said using the ideas and concept of the way "Foucault is trying to look at the nature of How Knowledge Generate Certain Power structures" the belongs of people there was always a segregation of knowledge .so this study of understand the generated being compared  with the idea of Imperial Races and culture were in some way superior with the colonial states, for understanding of this idea of ORIENT is generally known as East , Oriented were West so that's are the various binaries of it. 

Edward Said, in his ground breaking book, Orientalism, defined it as the acceptance in the West of “the basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories, epics, novels, social descriptions, and political accounts concerning the Orient, its people, customs, 'mind,' destiny and so on.”

Here, I am sharing one video related with Orientalism, which gives you a good thoughts about to understand more in Orientalism. 

"Orientalism” is a, way of  observing  imagines, emphasizes, exaggerates and distorts differences of Arab peoples and cultures as compared to that of Europe and the U.S. It often involves seeing Arab culture as exotic, backward, uncivilized, and at times dangerous. Edward W. Said, in his groundbreaking book, Orientalism, defined it as the acceptance in the West of “the basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories, epics, novels, social descriptions, and political accounts concerning the Orient, its people, customs, ‘mind,’ destiny and so on.

Concept of Arabian Culture 

Balaji Ranganathan sir added the concept of Arabian culture as an example in post-colonial studies, that how this culture is being constructed and decimated and disseminated. The creation of every concept or a culture always has its origin and struggle for survive with the notions of history. 

Orientalism never stand to premise in geographical space for any country or culture. it includes literal aspects of history or a time , for example , William jones known as a father of linguistic his poetry is more about orient and subjects of MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE, for him orient is a subject of Modernity.

Birth of Orientalism 

Modern Orientalism is not a brainchild of nineteenth-century European imperialists and colonialists, but, as Urs App demonstrates, was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. It was highly a victorine time where Catholic church , pope were at the height of the state.

The idea of orient people is much of like with customs of the oriental mind also with oriental destiny. so largely we can not say that orientalism beyond the 19th century, because orientalism is very specifically before the 18th century, and after 20th century early 20 years is very tempting . In the sense of corporate institute it functions like corporate. there are laws and legislations. so with the birth of orientalism many universities , share markets, finance ventures opens up with it. 

So, we can say that orients are rich by politically, sociologically, militarily ideology, scientifically and imaginatively they are rich well.

4. On Palestine

The origins to the conflict can be traced back to Jewish immigration and sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine between Jews and Arabs. It has been referred to as the world's

 "most intractable conflict",

 with the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching 52 years.

 Said talked about the issue of Palestine that what is the condition of the people there, they have not their mother land because of the forcefully occupation by Israel. From 1948 to present time Palestinian are suffering a lot for the peace and their homeland but Western countries do not take any kind of action on this issue. We also can say that why Europe and America built a new state for Jew people surrounding Islamic countries, if they have love for Jew people then why they vanished Jew from Europe. So, Said explained this issue through cultural, religious and political views.

Simple problem is that "One Side Wants the Other side Beat "Arab-Israel war 1948-49

There was war time between Arabs and Israel . And That time Israel defeated the Arab Countries and established the new country for the Jews People.

Thank you

To The Lighthouse

 

Hello Readers,

 This Blog is a part of my Classroom activity on Virginia Woolf's "To The Light House"  given by professor in which our task is to think and interpret the following points. To see teacher's blog click here

" To The Lighthouse" Blog task

1- How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday 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?

- Virginia Woolf used a stream of consciousness technique 3rd person narrative to move from one to another character's mind. It is useful if we want to write about others, we can write what they are thinking.

          Yes, we all are struggling every day to make happy to each other especially to a person who is superior in our home, we are hiding  our likes and dislikes because we want to live together to be happy. Here Mrs. Ramsay also facing this problem every day, in some scene, I've seen that she is acting as she is happy but inside truth is different.

          If I talk about artists than they were facing troubles in the past and in the future may be they have to suffer when any women artist want to arise than society will stand against her and nobody will anchorage her. Lily was facing the same problem in the novel.

2- Do you agree: "The novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay"? (Key: Take some clues from the painting of Mrs. Ramsay drawn by Lily Briscoe and the article by Andre Viola and Glenn Pedersen. Can we read Mrs. R 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 pathni. )

If we talk about Indian culture we found that there is a sloke which discribe the quality of ideal woman the sloke is like, 

  Karyeshu dasi, Karaneshu manthri; Bhojeshu mata, Shayaneshu rambha; Kshamayeshu dharithri, Roopeshu lakshmi; Satkarma yukta, Kuladharma pathni. 

According to this good wife must work like maid ( karyeshu dasi) who works alot but never demand for anything. Her family is everything for her.

            Mrs. Ramsay considered as an ' Angle of the House' in the novel and if we talk about our culture than the ladylike Mrs. Ramsay will maybe favorite in the future also. She is reaming live in others' minds because she gives her best to her family members but somewhere she was not happy inside so we have seen these both situations. When we read the different articles than we can feel that Ramsay took as a so-called angel in the novel.

          Here, women writing about women so sometimes I have felt that the writer has portrays herself in Lily's character and she want to say that, in the patriarchy women like Lily not liked by males. She is also doing activities like painting and writing so she breaks that an idea “women can’t paint can’t write”. So the novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay.

3- Considering symbolically, does the Lighthouse stands for Mrs. Ramsay or the narrator (Virginia Woolf herself who is categorically represented by Lily)? (Key: Take help from the presentation on Symbolism to connect Mrs. Caroline Ramsay with Lighthouse. 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.

          Light'house' is a symbol of spiritual strength and emotional guidance and here in this house Mrs. Ramsay making a spiritual bridge between other human and she is given all the services to others to make happy them as lighthouse doing and helping.

          It is my opinion that whenever I think or imagine about the lighthouse, I imagine the single property as it is Lily I have imagined as a lighthouse stand. lighthouse also standing alone to prove itself. "Women can't write or paint" as the lighthouse also has to suffer many storms and waves into the sea. but ultimately at the last, Lily proves herself by completing her painting that she can stand alone and prove herself against a patriarchal society, so Lily is more suitable.

4- In the article by Joseph Blotner, 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? (Key: The strokes of light-beams. . . )

          Myth of Oedipus, we can see in the character of James and Mrs. Ramsay.

James always hates his father and he always tried to live closer to his mother and Mrs. Ramsay's goal also is to care for her son James. She has given always the first priority to her son.

          Myth of Pagan, Mrs. Ramsay remains in threefold relation. As a Rhea, Demeter and Persephone. In the pagan Myth women as a superior and in Christian Myth women as an inferior.

5- What do you understand by the German term 'Künstlerroman'? How can you justify that 'To The Lighthouse' is 'Künstlerroman' novel?

            Künstlerroman, (German: “artist’s novel”), class of Bildungsroman, or apprenticeship novel, that deals with the youth and development of an individual who becomes—or is on the threshold of becoming—a painter, musician, or poet.

            In the novel Augustus Carmechael struggles to write the poem, Here the same way Lily also throughout the novel tries to complete the painting. In the third part, she completes the painting of Mrs. Ramsay, and finally, she has had her own vision.

6- "...the wages of obedience is death, and the daughter that reproduces mothering to perfection, including child-bearing, already has on her cheeks the pallor of death. One reminded here of various texts by Lucy Irigaray, in which she attacks mothers for being, however unwillingly, accomplices in the patriarchal system of oppression." (Viola). In light of this remark, explain briefly Lily's dilemma in 'To The Lighthouse'.

          By these lines, we can say that Lily is in dilemma because of patriarchy. Mrs. Ramsay also gave support to patriarchy and she is also trying to teach follow the same rule of patriarchy and we know that here Lily want to live with freedom.

          According to Mrs. Ramsay, women need family and relationships to be a live lifetime in others' heart and here Lily not agree to be obedience. By following the order one gets death Prue died because she follows her mother's order to get married. The reason of Prue's death in childbirth, which again is the idea of an ideal or perfect woman. I think she may think that There is nothing good to be an Angel of the house or to be a mother.

          Lily given constantly mental fight but in the end, she again thinks about Mrs. Ramsay that Mrs. Ramsay remains in everyone's heart even after her death. So she is in dilemma, what she has to do?

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 / visuals?

          Yes it is, there are a few differences between the novel and a movie. The opening scene of Novel comes in a film almost after an hour. Most of the scenes run faster compared to the novel. In the novel, Lily just puts her brush. While in a movie she goes upstairs and starts talking with herself.

8- How do you interpret the last line of the novel (It was done; it was finished.

Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision.) with reference to the ending of the film (After the final stroke on the canvass with finishing touch, Lily walks inside the house. As she goes ante-chamber, the light and dark shade makes his face play hide-and-seek. She climbs stairs, puts her brush aside, walks through the dark and light to enter her room. Gently closes the door - speaks: "Closed doors, open windows" - lies on the bed and with some sort of satisfaction utters: "Dearest Briscoe, you are a fool".)

          It is a little bit hard to give an accurate answers because she has painted Mrs. Ramsay's painting but something was missing in that picture. In the movie, frames were showing that she was mood less.

           In the novel I think she was happy to get freedom and she has proved that women can paint and write. Mrs. Ramsay was alive in her painting for womanhood and her qualities but after getting the success against the patriarchal society. She proves herself but she not able to come out from her inner struggle.

9- What does the catalog named as 'Army and Navy' signify? What does the cutting of 'Refrigerator'  signify?

'Army and navy' catalog signifies a time of war.

Mr. Ramsay's bigger son dies in the war. So here the catalog named as ' Army and Navy ' represents the war and consumerism.

' Refrigerator' preserve the things as it is

Normally we use a refrigerator for keeping the things as it is and here we can find those things in Mrs. Ramsay, she always tries to preserve the refined form of culture as it is her responsibility so we can say she remains as a preserver of the culture like traditional woman.

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 roles and capabilities of women?

           The writer wants to do satire on women character through the tale of the  "Fisherman's Wife", which is told by Mrs. Ramsay to James. in that story fisherman's wife was too much demanding, she presented as a dull character and here in the novel when Mrs. Ramsay dies her husband suffers a lot of issues because he was depending on his wife. In the patriarchy some males fail because of depending nature.

11- How is India represented in 'To The Lighthouse'? 

(Read this blog for  passing reference)

12- Write summaries of these articles:

Mythic Patterns in To The Lighthouse

Fluidity vs Masculinity: Lily's Dilemma in Woolf's To The Lighthouse

Vision in To The Lighthouse by Glenn Pedersen

12) Write summaries of these articles:

Mythical Pattern in the Lighthouse 

               By Joseph L. Blotner

Joseph interpret her novel to connect with Greek myth. Joseph mentioned that Mrs. Ramsay character portrait as goddess in the novel. And he connect Olympian gods and goddesses like threefold in relation to Zeus- Mother Rhea, wife Demeter and daughter Persephone. And he compare Mrs. Ramsay character with Rhea and James compare with Zeus. Mrs. Ramsay attitude toward marriage seems more pagan than Christian. The reappearance of Persephone has its symbolic equivalent in the novel in the return of the force which Mrs. Ramsay represented.

Joseph also mentioned Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of the Oedipus myth which is most famous myth. James behaviour like mother attachment and father hater child so it is Oedipus myth ideas. Joseph Blotner also proved that Virginia Woolf's diary shows that she read Greek so unconsciously she included myth in her novel.

The first Article " Mythic patterns in To The Lighthouse" talks about how we can read some kind of Myth in the Novel. Though we don't find direct connection of Myth in novel but still we can read several Myth in it. In this article Mrs. Ramsay is compered Regards. Who is also good and loving mother. Like Mrs. Ramsay Rehaalso has male youngest child. Who also opposed his father. Mrs. Ramsay is also compered with Goddesses of corn Demeter. Demeter is symbol of Fruitfulness. Same way Mrs. Ramsay is also like to feed people. The other Myth is Myth of Oedipus. In which we can see the relationship of Mrs. Ramsay and Jemes.

• Fluidity VS Muscularity- Lily's dilemma in Woolf's To the Lighthouse article by Andre Viola.

Andre Viola focus on Lily character and he showed Lily is central character of the novel. Mrs. Ramsay character present patriarchal society's mindset. Lily argument with Mrs. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay has strong argument than Lily perhaps here may be Virginia tried to show society's set moral always won than individual ideas. Lily growth of as artist so it called Künstlerome novel. Lily dilemma show that she doesn't like Mrs. Ramsay because Lily felt Mrs. Ramsay is like obedience woman and she isn't want to become ideal or obedience woman. Even she hasn't want any companion like husband she wants to live alone.In this article author talk's about the Lily's dilemma. In the beginning it talk's about the relation of Mrs. Ramsay and her daughter. It also say that because her daughter lives obedient to her and died in pragnacy. In the same article we found that author consider this Novel as kunstlerroman. This type of novel talks about the growth of artist. This thing we can connect with Lily Brisco's journey as a painter.

- Vision in To The Lighthouse Article by

Article start with this line - 

" Someone had blundered" The vision of Lily reveals that it was Ramsay. In the scene Mrs. Ramsay speak this line - someone had blundered. According to the article Mrs Ramsay done blundered and she is responsible for father and son relationship like cruel.

Glenn Pedersen mentioned that  matriarchal and prove that it is also danger like patriarchal. After Mrs. Ramsay death Mr. Ramsay and his son relation like better than Mrs. Ramsay alive.

This article began with the line "someone had blundered" this thing unforld the character of Mrs. Ramsay in completely different manner. In this author say that till the time Mrs. Ramsay was in family they are not completely together. They have more misunderstanding about each other. But after her death they come together. Lily Brisco's vision found Mrs. Ramsay guilty in order to her importance. She wants that all her family have respect to her and they must connect with her.  So in this article we come to Know about complete different side of Mrs. Ramsay's character.