![]() Ramsay representedas knitting and meditating on the welfare of the lighthouse keeper andhis boy? How does "the atheist Tansley" function, and why is he labelledfrom the first that we meet him? The text's introduction of Lily Briscoeprovides a rich example of how the narration traverses various zones: Ramsay associated withtruth, facts, and the insistent tendency to puncture his children's hopes?Why, in the paragraph that follows these associations, is Mrs. Ramsay? How are these parental"zones" rendered? How do they differ? Why is Mr. ![]() Ramsay, and James? What is the significanceof beginning this text on such an Oedipal note? How does Lily's entranceinto the narration pick up this initial relation, situating us once againbetween the parental figures of Mr. For example, how might we interpret the first fourparagraphs of the text, in which we as readers hover between the thoughtsand statements of Mrs. In reading this work, we could consider variousof these intersections. The characters in this novel function as intersectingzones of consciousness. Stockton, Associate Professor of English,Univ. ![]() VIRGINIA WOOLF Characterization in To theLighthouse ![]()
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