TO THE LIGHTHOUSE BY VIRGINIA WOOLF

In twentieth century To the Lighthouse, which are external indicators of inner realities, evoking various experiences and sensations, is representative of modern novel. To the Lighthouse is masterpiece of Virginia Woolf who has significant place in modern period and changes the traditional novel radically. To the Lighthouse helps to understand reality and Woolf’s aspect of reality. In the novel, vision of reality bases on private experience, stream of consciousness, thoughts and feelings. Moreover, in modern literature and previous literature, reality is one of the most important issues. Virginia Woolf thinks that she should create a kind of brand-new novel for new period properly because she wants to get rid of both traditional narration and ordinary style in previous literature. 

‘Cinema subsists on the bodies of its victims’

Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness narrative, A young Kenneth Branagh is excellent as a petulant idealist, Had the avant-gardism of Virginia Woolf provoked similar daring in Stoddart’s interpretation, this film could have side-stepped the tedium into which it has slumped, but in the wake of Apocalypse Now four years previously, the majestic reworking of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, To the Lighthouse is dwarfed.

Despite the massive changes to storyline, wholesale additions and omissions, and a pared down character list, the movie does a decent job at conveying the spirit of the novel. The setting is changed to Cornwall, where the Stephen family would vacation. Mr. Ramsay is given plenty of time to rage, bluster and tyrannize his family while still adding some of the sympathetic glances toward him. Rosemary Harris does a good job as Mrs. Ramsay, but I was not quite sold on the character as I was in the book. More time is given to Charles Tansley and a young Kenneth Branagh is admirable. The rest of the characters (two children, Minta Doyle and William Bankes are not included) fill out the solid cast.

To the Lighthouse is largely about social change, of course, but social change was also a result of the war’s casualties, and the emergency conditions at home. In it Woolf’s recreates her parents’ marriage in the Ramsays: the needy, moody Mr Ramsay – “if his little finger ached the whole world must come to an end” – and the nurturing, giving Mrs Ramsay, mother of eight children, who, according to Lily Briscoe “gave him what he asked too easily.” The great fascination of the novel is that we see its characters through the eyes of so many other characters and the Ramsays are no exception. Lily describes Mr Ramsay as follows:

HERE IS THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION OF MY FRAME STUDY,

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• Reference of India in to the lighthouse

•   India is ruled by the men-folk.
•   India is exotic place where lies great romance, adventure and happiness

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    Augustus Carmichael’s going to India is considered as some sort of                                       achievements
• India is referred as place of desire. . . a desire to visit.
•    Made in India jewelry is a thing to be possessed – owned with pride
•    Some land which is far away – unknown land, the exotic land.

• REFERENCE OF PHILOSOPHY

1.  Mr. Ramsay philosophizes  about F H Bradley’s Appearance and Reality. 

According to Woolf, 

"Reality is thoughts and feelings inner self and arises from a consciousness of ourselves as living in a world"

• The Ramsays were not rich, and it was a wonder how they managed to contrive it all. Eight children! To feed eight children on philosophy!

Mr. Banks liked her for bidding him “think of his work.” He had thought of it, often and often. Times without number, he had said,

“Ramsay is one of those men who do their best work before they are forty.” 

He had made a definite contribution to philosophy in one little book when he was only five and twenty; what came after was more or less amplification.

The Relationship between mind and body here I am with 40 years reflection, I feel it somehow we are fundamentally wrong I cannot find the concept that fits in a physical fact.

Minds our brains after all brains are flash blind and my mind is mix up.

I go to beach and the sea say to me my skin trunklining but the sea also said my brain trunkling the see me affect how I think...

In this particular philosophical thoughts by mr.Ramsay may present the self-prasing kind of things. Such the study of relationship between mind and brain in a way very good topic of research .  The example of sea as per my point of view Mr.Ramsay making the things more complex, complicated and irritable for others. 

There'll be another day and when you go must be ugly de NOC Radleys essential point Charles was it the more we consider matter the less able we are to grasp it our analysis is destructive we go on slicing away at objects in the world separating characteristics describing it'sas though we were condemned to advanceeach time half the distancecovered by the preceding step bradleyi insistsour to pass beyond physicalanalysis we need a metaphysical systemit completes the process of perceptiona andthen we arrive James Porter then I' .....

Reference of SHAKESHPERAE

THE TIMES about the number of Americans who visit Shakespeare’s house every year. If Shakespeare had never existed, he asked, would the world have differed much from what it is today? Does the progress of civilization depend upon great men? Is the lot of the average human being better now than in the time of the Pharaohs? Is the lot of the average human being, however, he asked himself, the criterion by which we judge the measure of civilization? Possibly not. Possibly the greatest good requires the existence of a slave class. The liftman in the Tube is an eternal necessity..

This paragraph resists  the questions on glory of Shakespeare, such as the changing of world, the existence of culture and society along with only great people, questions on betterment of people, the judgments and measure of civilization?

    At the concluding part of the paragraph the existence of common, labor community is also make the matter.

He would argue that the world exists for the average human being; that the arts are merely a decoration imposed on the top of human life; they do not express it. Nor is Shakespeare necessary to it. Not knowing precisely why it was that he wanted to disparage Shakespeare and come to the rescue of the man who stands eternally in the door of the lift, he picked a leaf sharply from the hedge

In this paragraph there is mention of Shakespeare in the context of superior man, or a artist. He argues that is the existence of human being as per the average criteria, or the only stream arts is superior? 

this is very philosophical debate where the questions of human existence to human rights and superiority can be the point to think. Further more , mr.ramsay say that we don't need Shakespeare for making the arts so good, foe him the lift is equally important as Shakespeare. He just resists and try to philosophies and save the standing lift man.  

Mr Ramsay, or something like that. He showed his uneasiness quite clearly now by saying, with some irritation, that, anyhow, Scott (or was it Shakespeare ?) would last him his lifetime. He said it irritably. Everybody, she thought, felt a little uncomfortable, without knowing why. Then Minta Doyle, whose instinct was fine, said bluffly, absurdly, that she did not believe that any one really enjoyed reading Shakespeare. Mr Ramsay said grimly (but his mind was turned away again) that very few people liked it as much as they said they did. 

Here in the last paragraph of  this discussion we may find that Mr.Ramsay's uncomfortableness with Shakespeare and anyhow he just want to display that , to prove something good or something unique we really don't need the great personalities to extend the traditions of literature , the lift man is equally important as great writer. 

 he says everyone can don't like the art of Shakespeare, foe making his argument more strong he gave the example of MINTA DOYLE, she said the works of Shakespeare is mainly bluffly and with full of absurdity. at the end of his philosophical talks he said very few people liked the work as much.

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