This slideshare is about the feminism of the novel to the lighthouse in English Literature. In this slideshare I try to write about the feminist character and feminism perspective of the novel to the lighthouse that I try to write here in this Power point presentation.

1. PAPER NO : 9
• NAME : AMIT S. MAKVANA
• ROLL NO : 01
• ENROLLMENT NO : 2069108420200022
• PAPER NO : 9 THE MODERNIST ENGLISH LITERATURE
• TOPIC : FEMINISTIC STUDY IN TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
• M.A. SEM -3
• BATCH : 2019 – 21
• EMAIL ID : A.MAKWANA10998@GMAIL.COM
• SUBMITTED TO : S.B. GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2. FEMINIST – VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941)
• BORN IN LONDON
• BROUGHT UP AND EDUCATED AT
HOME
• 1995 – BEGAN WRITING
PROFESSIONALLY
• 1992 – MARRIED WITH LEONARD
WOOLF
• CONSIDERED A LEADING MODERNIST
• CENTRAL FIGURE OF BLOOMSBURY
GROUP OF INTELLECTUAL
• GREATEST INNOVATORS IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE

3. • WOMAN WRITER OF 20TH
CENTURY
• IN HER ESSAY “ A ROOM OF
ONE’S OWN” IN WHICH
THERE SHE GAVE FAMOUS
DICTUM : “ A WOMAN MUST
HAVE MONEY AND A ROOM
OF HER OWN IF SHE IS TO
WRITE FICTION”.

4. FAMOUS LITERARY WORKS OF VIRGINIA
WOOLF

5. INTRODUCTION : TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
• PUBLISHED IN 1927
• DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS
• TO THE LIGHTHOUSE CENTERS ON THE FAMILY OF
MR. AND MRS. RAMSEY
• TO THE LIGHTHOUSE TAKE ON SOME ELEMENTS OF
WOOLF’S OWN LIFE
• WOOLF DESCRIBE STRONG MALE DOMINATED
SOCIETY THROUGH THE CHARACTER OF MR. RAMSAY
AND CHARLES TANSLEY.
• VIRGINIA WOOLF WROTE ABOUT THIS NOVEL THAT –
“ I SUPPOSE THAT I DID THIS WORK FOR MYSELF”.

6. FAMOUS QUOTES OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

7. FEMINISM AS A TERM
• FEMINISM IS A THEORY OF THE
POLITICAL , SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL
, EQUALITY OF THE SEXES AND
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY ON BEHALF
OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND
INTEREST.
• “ MAN IS DEFINITELY AS A
HUMAN BEING AND A WOMAN AS
A FEMALE WHENEVER SHE BEHAVES
AS A HUMAN BEING SHE IS SAID TO
IMITATE THE MALE .”

8. CHARACTER OF MRS. RAMSAY
• MRS. RAMSAY IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER
.
• MRS. RAMSAY, A WOMAN BELONGING TO
THE VICTORIAN AGE.
• MRS . RAMSAY PORTRAYED IN IMAGE OF
FERTILITY AND SOFTNESS.
• MRS. RAMSAY IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM
THE CHARACTER OF LILY BRISCOE .
• SHE IS A MATCH MAKER AND GIVES MUCH
IMPORTANCE TO THE MARRIAGE .
• ACCORDING TO HER ALL MEN AND ALL
WOMEN SHOULD DEFINITELY BE MARRIED.

9. CHARACTER OF LILY BRISCOE
• LILY ALSO A CENTRAL
CHARACTER OF NOVEL .
• IN THE NOVEL LILY IS PORTRAY
AS A “NEW WOMAN” .
• LILY IS INSPIRED BY WOOLF’S
SISTER VANESSA BELL TO BE A
PAINTER .
• LILY IS TOTALLY OPPOSE FROM
MRS. RAMSAY BUT IN SOMEWAY

10. FEMINISTC STUDY OF MRS. RAMSAY AND LILY
• IN THIS NOVEL VIRGINIA REFLECTS THESE TWO
CHARACTERS REFLECTS TRANSPARENTLY THE
ERA AND PROCURE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
OF SOCIAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN THAT
TIME .
• WOOLF DESCRIBE SUCH A WOMAN AS UTTERLY
UNSELFISH WHO SACRIFICES HERSELF DAILY .
• MRS . RAMSAY PAYS ATTENTION HER ROLE AS
HOUSE WIFE
• MRS. RAMSAY IS THE IDEALIZED WOMAN TYPE
ACCORDING TO VICTORIAN VALUES .

11. CONTINUE........
• WOOLF REPRESENTS LILY AS A ROLE MODEL FOR WOMEN SHE DEFIES THE
PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY .
• LILY IGNORES THE PATRIARCHAL RULES AND SHE AIMS TO TAKE HER
SOCIEL ROLE WITH HER WITH BECOMING AN ARTIST.
• LILY IS THE STRUGGLING FEMALE ARTIST .
• TANSLEY IS VERY SELF CENTERED CHARACTER
• ACCORDING TO HIM , “ WOMEN CAN’T PAINT AND WRITE” .
• LILY THINKS THAT WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE OF THAT TIME IS
IN FACT KIND OF ‘SLAVE’ AND CONSIDERED AS “ SELF ABASEMENT” .

12. • WOOLF REFLECTS HER
OWN LIFE IN THE
CHARACTER OF LILY AS
MODERN WOMAN.
Woolf reflects her own pain
in the character of mrs.
Ramsay.

13. CONCLUSION
• LILY IS IDEALIZED WOMAN FOR WOOLF .
• LILY IS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS WHO
MAINTAINS THEIR EXISTENCE BY THE END OF
THE NOVEL .
• MRS. RAMSEY IS TOTALLY CONTRAST TO THE
LILY .
• WOOLF’S APPLICATION OF STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS TECHNIQUE GIVES THE READER