The Modernist Literature

1. CHARACTER OF MRS.
RAMSAY AND LILY IN
PRESENT TIME
NAME : URVASHI CHAUHAN
ROLL NO : 31
ENROLLMENT NO : 2069108420190008
EMAIL ID : URVASHICHAUHAN157@GMAIL.COM
PAPER NAME : THE MODERNIST LITERATURE
TOPIC : REFLECTION OF THE CHARACTER OF MRS. RAMSAY
AND LILY IN PRESENT TIME
SUBMITTED TO : DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH MKBU

2. TO THE
LIGHTHOUSE - REMAINS AS
AUTOBIOGRAPHICALNOVEL
THREE PART
THE WINDOW,TIME PASSE,TOO THE
LIGHTHOUSE
-CONSIDERED AS A PEAK NOVEL OF
THE MODERNISM
SHE EXPLORE SOME FEMINIST ISSUE
AS THE NECESSITY OR DESIRABILITY
OF MARRIAGE. AND THE

3. VIRGINIA WOOLF
-SHE DO EXPERIMENT WITH HER WORK
-SHE WIDELY ADMIRED FOR HER
TECHNICAL INNOVATIVE IN THE NOVEL
MOST NOTABLY HER DEVELOPMENT OF
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS NARRATIVE
-SHE IS PIONEER THE USE OF STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
OBSERVATION TYPE WORK

4. MRS. RAMSAY
• SHE IS SUPERWOMAN
• SHE PEMPER MALE EGO FAMILY NEEDS
AND PHYSICAL
• SHE BEHAVE SAME TO EACH GUEST
EVEN THEY DO NOT DESERVE AND
APPRECIATE HER KINDNESS
• REFLECT THE IDEAL WOMAN FRAME OF
VICTORIAN
• NOT SHOW SINGLE DESIRE FOR
HERSELF

5. LILY BRISCOE
• SHE IS AN UNMARRIED
• PROFESSIONAL PAINTER
• SERIOUS AND DEEP THINKER
• EXPRESS HER EMOTIONS THROW
PAINTING
• GIVE A 1ST CHOICE TO HER DREAM
• IGNORE SOCIETY & FEARLESS
• REFLECT THE MODERN WOMAN
SYMBOL OF STRUGGLING WOMAN
PATRIARCHAL
• ACHIVE HER VISION
UNCONVENTIONAL
• REFLECT THE DESIRE OF RAMSAY
THROUGH HER PAINTINGS

6. TOPICAL HINDI SERIAL
KASAUTI ZINDGI KI
- KOMOLIKA PLAYED MODERN WOMAN
- PRENA PLAYED RAMSAY TYPE
TRADITIONAL
- MODERN WOMAN AS SYMBOL OF
VILAN
- WOMAN NOT SUPPORT EACH OTHER
- AGAINST FREEDOM

7. REFLECTION THE RAMSAY CHARACTER
• MOST OF MOVIE
REPRESENTLIKE
RAMSAY CHARACTER
• SACRIFICE HER
DREAM

8. REFLECTION LILY BRISCOE’S CHARACTER
• ACCORDING TO TRIPATHI HEAD OF
INDIA’S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TEAM
HAS NO FUTURE SINCE THE ONLY
WOMAN IS TO COOK AND CLEAN.
• VIDHYA SHARMA MUST CHOOSE
BETWEEN HOCKEY AND THE WISHES
OF HER HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY

9. REAL LIFE CHARACTER ZAIRA WASIM

10. SUFFERING
“ WOMAN CAN’T WRITE , WOMAN CAN’T PAINT”
- CHARLES TENSELY
-IDENTITY CRISES : DON’T KNOW THE REAL NAME OF MRS.
RAMSAY
-SURNAME AND HER NAME CHANGE AFTER MARRIAGE
-LIVE LIKE LUCKY( WAITING FOR GODOT)

11. PATRIARCHAL MINDSET
• HINDU CODE OF MANU
-IN CHILDHOOD A WOMAN MUST BE SUBJECT TO HER FATHER IN
YOUTH TO HER HUSBAND WHEN HE DIED THEN SUBJECT TO HER
SON'S. A WOMAN MUST NEVER BE FREE FROM SUBJUGATION
- WOMAN SHOULD BE IDEAL MOTHER, WIFE AND DAUGHTER
- ONLY HELPER NOT MAKE HER OWN IDENTITY

12. CONCLUSION
• SUFFERING BOTH CHARACTER
• TRADITIONAL WOMEN CONSIDER AS IDEAL WOMEN
• STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY
• MODERN WOMEN CONSIDER AS BAD
• WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ?
• CONDITION OF WOMAN MIND
• IT DEPENTS UPON OUR MENTALITY WHAT WE WANT
• PEOPLE ARE JUDGEMENTAL SAME CONDITION OF WOMEN FROM THE PAST AND
PRESENT